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View ArticleUnable to connect the SQL after renaming the SQL Server name
Unable to connect the SQL using the server after renaming the SQL Server name
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View ArticleMigrate Physical SQL 2005 Server Cluster to Virtual SQL 2005 Standalone
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View ArticleExporting data from a SQL file
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View ArticleT-SQL IF Statement
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View ArticleSQL Express doesnt show reclaimed space
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View ArticleSQL Server: Insert columns as rows without using a cursor
I have a table that for each row, it has 5 columns for each sale rep that could be listed. I need to insert each of the reps as a new row into a secondary table. For example I would have: Order Num,...
View ArticlebtnError when Deploying to a Remote Server
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View ArticleAfter installing sql 2012, sql 2008 maintenance plan backups for sql 2000 fail
In my development environment, I have SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL 2008 R2 installed. There are two instances of each: DEV and STAGING. Each has the exact same copy of it's counterparts databases (i.e....
View ArticleSQL Server: INSERTing when knowing key violations will occur
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View ArticleBest MS SQL Colleges or Schools to recruit from
Which are the best colleges from which to recruit MS SQl db candidates in New England?
View ArticleCan I install more then one SQL server on a single VM wih 1 SQL 2012 Core lic
I have purcahsed a SQL Server Standard 2012 per Core License, I want to know if I can have more then one SQL server installation on a single server. My under standing is that I can install multiple...
View ArticleSQLserver Parallelism
Windows 2008 R2 SQLServer 2008 R2 2 x 6 core XEON processors with hyperthreading showing a total of 24 cores 32 GB RAM The task manager shows only one core being used at any one time. In the “Server...
View ArticleReinstall SQL 2008 R2 Concern
Hi, I had a server die on me the other day. I got it back up and running but I have a question. The database itself and all the reporting, backup, log directories were under that db drive. I started...
View ArticleChanged name of server clone while on domain!
I think I really screwed up. I cloned a server that has a small SQL Server DB that uses Active Directory authentication. While not thinking I changed the name of the cloned server while it was on the...
View ArticleRebooting Database Servers
Let me first say I am frustrated beyond reason on my problem I have three servers that run a web program and all of them have Windows 2008 Standard R2. Each server performs a certain function. 1. Web...
View Articlesql baremetal backup using unitrends
I am going to run a baremetal backup on sql server, this case , the barmetal will backup only the c: , but I see the server has sql apps installed on d: drive and also the data folder is on d: drive...
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