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  • RE: @@ERROR

    Don't forget if you need the @@ROWCOUNT as well you need to use a SELECT not a SET.

    Classic newbie error:

    UPDATE ... Transaction...

    SET @Err_Save = @@ERROR

    SET @Row_Save = @@ROWCOUNT

    @Row_Save will always...

  • RE: Looking for .NET connection testing component

    All I really need is something that will establish a connection and record any failures or errors in a log file. Maybe it would be necessary to add a non-impacting...

  • RE: pseudocode........

    There is no "THEN" in the T-SQL IF..ELSE statement. Also if you need to do more than one statement in a conditional branch you need to wrap them with BEGIN..END

    ...

  • RE: Best Practices for Reboot Schedule

    Like most respondants we only reboot our servers when neccessary. However as an aside this means you need a scheduled job to cycle your sql logs regularly (we do once...

  • RE: collation

    Depends on the languages. For languages of Western European origin the default code page 1252, accent sensitive, should do fine. For other languages you need to pick the appropriate code...

  • RE: Database Administration VS. System Administration

    The MSSQLServer service needs to run in a domain account to use Log Shipping, DTS and any operations that involve moving files between servers (pretty common operation for e.g. fetching...

  • RE: Feedback Appreciated Re my Standards Doc

    On database creation: Installation of the sql instance should be scripted with setup.iss files for both the base instance and the latest (certified for production in your environment) service pack....

  • RE: 2000 clustering

    Your main issue in trying to set up an active/active failover cluster as a scale-out solution (as opposed to an availability solution which is what failover clusters are really designed...

  • RE: MCDB Elective

    While Brian is totally correct, AFAICS (also currently doing my MCDBA) it boils down to two choices, developer facing or sysadmin facing.

    If you want to stay involved with application...

  • RE: Failover Clustering

    Some of the limitations of Win 2K clustering should be being overcome in Win 2003. Check out http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/default.asp for details. They seem to have taken a leaf out...

  • RE: Error Handling

    quote:


    declare @myErr int, @myCount int

    [ do something ]

    select @myErr = @@Error, @myCount = @@ROWCOUNT


    The above...

  • RE: Log shipping VS Replication

    To answer Ken Klaft - anecdotally, from a trainer about 3 years ago. Not very verifiable I agree. I defer to zach_john's account as he's nearer the source. In any...

  • RE: Migrating To A New Server : Moving Logins

    I have yet to get the 2K DTS method to work yet, but then I was following the online help which is self-contradictory on this :(. As for the scripted...

  • RE: Log shipping VS Replication

    Yes you can run a form of log shipping on standard edition. Either from the old Back Office Resource Kit (BORK) scripts, the 2K resource kit or write your own!...

  • RE: SQL Worm - Are we lazy

    In our environment the main barriers to deploying hotfixes and service packs are the third party supplier support issue and, above all, losing out to developers in contention for testing...

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