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RE: Bckup, Append or overwrite?

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1.  You could give our product, MiniSQLBackup, a try.  It can generate smaller backups for you.2.  If you set to overwrite, that means you will only have the latest backup.  If you consistently copy this backup file to another location/server and tag them accordingly, it should be fine.3.  tempdb grows usually because of temporary workspace needed for sorts […]

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2004-09-22

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Dynamic SQL in Trigger, returns: Invalid object name inserted

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Hi,I'm an intermediate user of SQL as a developer.  I've created an audit table in which I want to record which column has been updated and its old and new values.  Among other functions, I'm using COLUMNS_UPDATED to determine which columns have been updated.I create the SQL dynamically based on which column was updated.  This […]

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2004-07-01

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RE: Very Large Transaction Logs

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Thank you all for the input so far.You all right about the transaction logs and ArcServe.  I went into the ArcServe event log for the backups and found that unlike SQL, only the database is backed up.  While it does perform a proper Checkpoint, the log is not truncated and the actual Transaction Log device is […]

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2004-02-05

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RE: SQL Server Agent fails to start - no error msg

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Hi, I reinstalled the SQL Server + SP3 but nothing has changed. The Agent still can't be started :((( I have 2 ideas left: 1. Something is wrong with the operating system. 2. There's a setting that prevents the Agent from starting. But what could it be??? Any other idea? Thanx, Csaba Csaba Mezo (mezo@inform.hu)

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2003-06-20

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