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It seems to me coding is for telling the software to do something. It only cares about syntax. Formatting is for people. Making it readable for others is like having...
March 19, 2012 at 9:01 pm
On one evening the job failed with a login error (was unavailable). I don't have the exact error anymore. We have gotten this before but generally it is because a...
March 19, 2012 at 4:58 pm
(invoke-sqlcmd -serverinstance sqlserv -database playground "exec dbo.myproc" | select column1,column2 | ConvertTo-Xml -NoTypeInformation).save("c:\temp\teste.xml")
That didn't work either. But a powershell function was recently posted to tech net that will take my...
June 30, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Thanks for the quick replies.
Not sure I understand? Line breaks are valid in XML, and "line breaks at the end of the file", should be outside of the root...
June 21, 2011 at 4:55 pm
I agree whole heartedly with Steve on mentoring/manager. Except, in the real world there is a high % that are pretty weak.
What a time saver it would be if...
January 18, 2010 at 12:50 pm
ROFLMAO, have to be very careful here, in case Gail gives me a slap. The woman that I spoke to is the Database Administrator Manager and she was the 1st...
January 18, 2010 at 10:25 am
Yes but it may or may not be quicker depending on your documentation.
Create a table in SQL server with the data lengths.
Create a datapump task with a...
March 11, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Black squares and a few other nonsense characters replace the entire email. Now, if I forward the email to myself from gmail, the forwarded version is fine.
September 3, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I agree with these comments. I would like to point out the difference between "troubleshooting" and "problem solving". From my observation troubleshooting can be learned via flowcharts, experience, memorization. Problem...
June 23, 2008 at 10:09 am
OK this isn't tangible: How to problem solve. SQL Server is way too big a subject to memorize it all --especially if you are wearing both++ hats. Can this be...
June 19, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Katie,
Everything Chris said is right-on. At one point I was literally on my back for 4 days not even able to stand long enough to make a sandwich.
The solution...
July 19, 2007 at 8:07 am
Ugg! that is even worse. my manager is at least in a agreement even if he is almost as stuck as I.
July 16, 2007 at 10:32 am
Sounds like you need a project manager. At least start with the Kimball DW Lifecycle book first. Given your spaghetti code comment I would start from scratch with Business user...
July 15, 2007 at 10:24 pm
I tend to agree that there is usually a higher than normal expectation in companies with lots of perks such as game rooms. I would rather have fantastically trained managers...
July 15, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Thanks for all your comments. I also tested the tool on various text files and found no real difficulties so going forward DTS is really a hard sell for me....
June 15, 2007 at 12:06 pm
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