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  • RE: Model.mdb

    According to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186388.aspx it can NOT be set as read_only:

    The following operations cannot be performed on the model database:

    Setting the database or primary filegroup to READ_ONLY.

    Oh wait... according to the...

  • RE: Model.mdb

    Am I missing something? I can actually set the database to read-only:

    ALTER DATABASE MODEL SET READ_ONLY WITH NO_WAIT

    Command(s) completed successfully.

    Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.4053.00 (Intel X86) ...

  • RE: NULL

    Hugo Kornelis (4/13/2010)


    [wrote lots of good stuff...]

    Thanks for this excellent clarification which deserves an Article on its own! So you better get started! 😀

  • RE: String length?

    da-zero (4/12/2010)


    A small question:

    isn't the variable @InputStr stored somewhere? As the loop goes on forever, at some point in time that variable will become too large to reside in memory/physical...

  • RE: String length?

    werner.broser (4/12/2010)


    This is partly true, because as usual conversion will take place, and if possible to convert the string to an integer it would be returned, otherwise an error occurs

    kr/Werner

    We...

  • RE: Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1)

    Thank you, Paul. This is great work. Not only the code & explanation, but equally important: the design of the article. Very easy to read with good illustrations & examples....

  • RE: String length?

    Paul White NZ (4/11/2010)


    First one to whinge about the explanation being 'incomplete' gets a banana :w00t: 😛

    Me want the banana *whingingabouttheexplanation*! 😀

    No results returned, as an infinite loop is invoked....

  • RE: TRUNCATE

    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    vk-kirov (2/10/2010)


    In the example above, we will see request_mode = Sch-M (schema modification). This is specific to DDL events.

    Not true. From Books Online - Lock Modes:

    Some...

  • RE: Numeric or Not Numeric

    We already had a similar question before.

    If a number string can be converted to any numeric type, ISNUMERIC returns 1.

    Among the known "issues" with this are:

    money: 1,,,,,,1 is a valid...

  • RE: Concatenation Cursor

    yordan.georgiev (2/19/2010)


    2005 does not have table variables ...

    It does suport table variables, and so does SQL Server 2000.

    You probably are talking about table variables as parameters.

  • RE: LOCK

    Steve Jones - Editor (2/17/2010)


    Edited. I'll clean up points in the am.

    Sorry, but option 1 is still wrong.

    Exclusive locks prevent access to a resource by concurrent transactions

    Read access is not...

  • RE: Checksums

    I knew I was gonna miss this QOTD as soon as I read the name "Paul Randal" 😀

  • RE: Concatenation Cursor

    brad.green (2/16/2010)


    In addition to the comment about the missing order by, the result of this is also dependent on the CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL option. If this option is OFF, the argument...

  • RE: More Tips for New (and old) DBAs

    Great Article!

    Regarding the "just say no" - I think this is a good general baseline.

    But I also think this problem mostly arises when the service level and / or job...

  • RE: TRUNCATE

    I wonder why there is no DDL trigger available to capture this of event...

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