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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 1

BBQ Mythbusters Style.

Tenderize the meat with TNT!

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CirquedeSQLeil (7/28/2010)
I reject your reality and substitute my own

Hasn't the Thread already done that? Or is it going to do that? Wait... what time is it again?

Wow... that DBCC TIMEWARP thing really worked... I mean... umm... which reality are we running on now? And do you have quality hampster poo here so I can refuel the TIMEWARP?

-- Kit

Kit G SSCrazy Points: 2888 More actions · Answer 3

Congrats to Kassandra, Lynn. Definitely cool bragging rights. Best wishes to her at West Point. I'm sure she will do well once she gets there. 😀

-- Kit

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Brandie Tarvin (7/28/2010)
BBQ Mythbusters Style.
Tenderize the meat with TNT!

Absolutely - it will be cooked too!! Bonus:w00t:

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 5

Can I borrow a cup of reality? I need it to for a homemade BBQ sauce recipe....

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 6

All the BBQ talk started a problem. I have now convinced 8 people in the office to go for BBQ for lunch.

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 7

Problem?

I see no problem.

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The Dixie Flatline (7/28/2010)
Problem?
I see no problem.

The problem is that lunch is still a bit off. I am hungry now, want BBQ now, and have to wait.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 9

The Dixie Flatline (7/28/2010)
Can I borrow a cup of reality?

<checks around kitchen> Sorry. Fresh out. Think I used the last of it at a client to try and turn an unbelievable situation into something just very strange. I suspect the jar was past its use-by date as it had no effect.

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 10

I've been out for weeks. Thanks for checking, Gail.

:crying:

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 11

GilaMonster (7/28/2010)
There have been some really 'entertaining' questions lately. There have been some 'entertaining' replies too.
So far this week I've seen two different people advocating backing the log up in Simple recovery.

But were those replies the equivalent of sending off the apprentice to fetch a bucket full of holes (or asking the trainee programmer to write some ideas on how to incorporate a driver for the GSD) or were they serious?

Tom

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 12

Tom.Thomson (7/28/2010)
GilaMonster (7/28/2010)
There have been some really 'entertaining' questions lately. There have been some 'entertaining' replies too.
So far this week I've seen two different people advocating backing the log up in Simple recovery.
But were those replies the equivalent of sending off the apprentice to fetch a bucket full of holes (or asking the trainee programmer to write some ideas on how to incorporate a driver for the GSD) or were they serious?

Serious advice, or that's what it looked like.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost959438.aspx - probably more of a 'skip steps' than anything else

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost957797.aspx

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 13

GilaMonster (7/29/2010)
Serious advice, or that's what it looked like.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost959438.aspx - probably more of a 'skip steps' than anything else
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost957797.aspx

Amazing, especially the one from someone who's apparently an MVP. Perhaps he meant use explorer to make a copy rather of the log rather than do a log backup; but I don't fancy anyones chances of doing any recovery to an earlier point in time from such a copy when the recovery model is SIMPLE, since there's always a good chance that the earliest surviving log entry is later than the db state of the last full or incremental backup.

Tom

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Tom.Thomson (7/29/2010)
Amazing, especially the one from someone who's apparently an MVP.

My thoughts exactly. He is an MVP. I searched for his MVP profile on the microsoft site and he does have one.

Perhaps he meant use explorer to make a copy rather of the log rather than do a log backup; but I don't fancy anyones chances of doing any recovery to an earlier point in time from such a copy when the recovery model is SIMPLE, since there's always a good chance that the earliest surviving log entry is later than the db state of the last full or incremental backup.

What probably would work is, at the point of the 'oops', take the DB offline, copy the files elsewhere (both mdf and ldf), attach as new DB and mark readonly. Then, if a log reader is bought, it should be able to go through the log of the read-only DB and pick up the log records. They'll be inactive, but they should still be there. Has to be done just about immediately though, not a day or two later

Gail Shaw
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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 15

GilaMonster (7/29/2010)

What probably would work is, at the point of the 'oops', take the DB offline, copy the files elsewhere (both mdf and ldf), attach as new DB and mark readonly. Then, if a log reader is bought, it should be able to go through the log of the read-only DB and pick up the log records. They'll be inactive, but they should still be there. Has to be done just about immediately though, not a day or two later

That's actually a good idea. Not that I need this now, but I should keep this in mind for future problems. Thanks, Gail.

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