update command being changed to delete+insert (deferred update)
I have a transactional replication of a table. The update commands being run to this published table are changed to delete+insert commands (deferred update). The update is not to the primary key. There...
View ArticleStop Ghost Cleanup
how do you stop a ghost cleanup process which blocks a lot of processes in SQL 2005 Enterprise Edition?
View ArticleSolid State Drives for tempdb/log files
I have just read in SQL Server Internals book that SSDs are not a great fit for tempdb and log files due to the large anounts of writes that these files do and that SSD have a limited lifespan of...
View Articlehow does a server connect with sql server
I've got a horribly simple question, but one that I'm unable to find an answer: How does a server communicate with SQL Server.Let's say I want a stand-alone computer with IIS and SQL Server 200x...
View ArticleFiltering SQL Server database tables data
Hello everyone,In the context of a feasibility study, we are exploring different ways to achieve a quite simple objective: for a specific database, display and process only five years old data, based...
View ArticleHow to select and split strings in column
Hi sorry for my inexperience I'm a little new to sql.I have a varchar(150) column that is formatted like belowColumn A001204H30540F63 98300H1 006578FD 08764GF2 006578FD00088F64 0097G43 0987G43...
View ArticleCDC database corrupt
Help, our CDC enabled database is corrupted on a systemobject, updates are still working fine, but no BU can be taken due to a checksum error during checkpoint.We copied all user data into a newly...
View ArticleDowngrade SQL Server 2008 Standard to SQL Server2008 Web Edition
HiWe have a db server running a licensed (not trial) SQL 2008 R2 Standard (10.0.1600.22).We'd like to downgrade this to web edition - we're not using any of the features that standard gives us. We pay...
View ArticleQuery Problem between SQL Server 2000 SP3 and SP4
Dear All,I'm trying to upgrade our SQL Server 2000 from SP 3 to SP 4.But before I upgrade the production server, I tested the database, job and login in SP 4 first in different server (which is more...
View Articledeciding to Virtualize
Hi all If you are going to deploy a SQL instance to a VM what are the things you might do different compared to running it physical?Any good resources on what to do if you want to Virtualize Thanks in...
View ArticleConfigure profiler to trace stored precedures and tsql taking more than 30 secs
Hi,An application is logging quite a few timeout errors. I have looked at the code the web application used and I've noticed that in some function the command.timeout property is not set. The code is...
View ArticleSearch not working
Hi,Search in Project Server is not working. Internal server error exception pops up whenever we do a search in project server site. Here is error message:Internal Server error exception: Troubleshoot...
View ArticleDB Mirroring AND Service Broker - Is it possible in SQL 2008 R2?
Don't really know if this should be posted in "High Availability and Disaster Recovery" or "Service Broker" so I post here in the generic forum.We have a three-server setup where almost all databases...
View ArticleBlocking Alert WMI Property Details
I have a created a blocking alert. It works, but I'm very fuzzy about the WMI properties. I use the (WMI(property)) token to get the property values, but I am unsure of what I'm getting. I would...
View ArticleIs it possible to delete some of the changes returned by...
I'm referring also to this post: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/sqldatabaseengine/thread/67d77c7e-a3e6-48bc-a851-614d261e3a5eI've kind of a unique situation, I've my full text index with...
View ArticleSP2 Maintenance Backup fails on offline database.
I have a maintenance plan step to perform transaction log backups. There are a few databases that are offline. The backup seems to fail because it tries to backup the offline databases. The backup...
View Articlehow to query individual database startup time
I am seeing one of the mssql 2008r2 database starting up in the log. How do I see when it was shutdown and startup up.in the sql server log, it just stated its "Starting up database 'THISDB'thanks
View ArticleSeparating Data Files and Log Files
Hi Folks, I am facing an issue which I thought I understood but looks like reading and implementing a strategy are very different. I have a SQL 2008 running on a VM with Windows 2003 and having 8...
View ArticleSQL Server Express Backup Import.
Hi All,I've written a batch script to automatically import the latest backup from another server. Both are running the same version of SQL Exptress 2008. If I run the script via the command prompt it...
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