Isn't this a bit like cracking a nut with a freight train.... Hard coded bits like this, unless extremely well documented, become lost in the fullness of time. ...

Go here... and read ..

http://www.sqldev.org/getting-started-with-sql-server/unable-to-shrink-tempdb-in-2005-104030.shtml

also here.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307487

I think you need to do some reading in Books on line regardsing the role of the transaction log and the backup and recovery options avalable. This is...

Oh ... wasn't clear, sorry . Either way there's a whole world of hurt goin' there. It's still gonski..

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As the Excel sources are different every then you will not be able to bind the columns correctly as a data source. Not even the most complicated data flow...

This is not an SSAS issue. It is a security issue. Does the "context user" on the SSAS server have permissions on the target linked server? If...

NO backup - all is lost. Coping the MDF and LDF files do not a backup make... having a backup of Master is like having a key...

Changing jobs is a pain as well - Recruiter interviews - updating resumes - answering selection criteria - prospective employer interview - the obligitory 4 week separation wondering whether you...

Ahhhh Glasshopper... "Important databses". At this stage and until verified, they are all important 😛

I still use this today and it works on All Versions incl 2K8R2....

Napalm - sticks to and burns everything it touches.

Was that, biggered or buggered 🙂

Gooey - No real form but its out there.

Fragile - Breathe on it and it will break.

Flacid - It sort of does it but no hard and fast rules.

Bare -...

Our company actually paid for an anonymous "have your say" survey. Whilst there was alot wrong with the survey, I feel the concept is something worth improving on....

Yep !! It errored. But I'm being pedantic. Suggest you post psuedo code instead cos there are people out there who run this stuff and quite rightly...

And sometimes the sign posts get lost..... all we can do is but try ...

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