Psst! Did you know DevelopmentNow is a mobile web site design agency?

Contact us for help mobilizing your site, or to sign up for our beta Mobile Web SDK!


Archived Months
March 2003
April 2003
June 2003
July 2003
August 2003
September 2003
October 2003
November 2003
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
March 2004
April 2004
May 2004
June 2004
July 2004
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
all groups > sqlserver server > august 2006 > threads for saturday august 26

Filter by Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Is the database offline as it grows data files ?
Posted by Hassan at 8/26/2006 9:27:16 PM
Just curious to know if the database does take some hit by going offline when the data files grow ? ...more >>


SQL Server DBA wanting to understand Oracle architecture
Posted by Hassan at 8/26/2006 7:25:51 PM
Where can i find an article thats not biased to any one particular RDBMS that can show me differences to Oracle and SQL Server. Id like to understand the basics on the internals of Oracle as compared to SQL Server. Thanks ...more >>

Removing Older Backups?
Posted by Don Miller at 8/26/2006 7:25:34 PM
With SQL Server 2000 I created a backup disk file (and job) for full database backups performed daily (which are appended), and a backup disk file (and job) for log backups performed every hour (also appended). Because of disk space constraints (on a dedicated server), I would like to remove old...more >>

MAPI Mail Client for SQL Mail?
Posted by Don Miller at 8/26/2006 6:03:38 PM
Are there any free MAPI mail clients that I could use with an Internet mail service (POP3/SMTP) so I could set up SQL Mail? The Outlook Express that came with my dedicated server doesn't seem to do the trick, and it's not easy to install Outlook on a dedicated server at a hosting site where I ...more >>

Serial Numbers for Super/Sub Types ?
Posted by Tadwick at 8/26/2006 12:59:42 PM
I have a data model that represents about 10 different types of widget. Most of the types are basic and they can be described by the main table. However, a few are more complex and so I have added subtype tables to model their varying characteristics. Each widget has a serial number. Until n...more >>

UPDLOCK hint
Posted by Dodo Lurker at 8/26/2006 9:01:50 AM
Hi Thanks to all of you for your responses.... they have been great! UPDLOCK hint..... why would I want to use this? How is different from repeatableread hint? I think it's to prevent other users from getting a share lock on something I'm going to be updating? I can't understand it...more >>

q; past and future date
Posted by JIM.H. at 8/26/2006 8:31:01 AM
How should I find the dates for 3 days past and 5 days future. Such as TodayDate-3 and TodayDate+5 base in the date only, discarding the time?...more >>

Check Constraint help,, Alpha and Numeric
Posted by Bonzol at 8/26/2006 7:33:50 AM
Hey there, In SQL server 2000, I need to create a constraint on one of the columns that the field enterd must be 2 alpha charactors and the last 3 must be numeric. soo, for example aa123 thanx in advance ...more >>



Is there any difference between Integrity and Constraint ?
Posted by John at 8/26/2006 12:00:00 AM
For an EDMS application, there are two separate tasks for maintaining Data Integrity and Constraint for the DB. From my understanding, the Constraint is already includes the Referential Integrity, is there any other meaning for Data Integrity ? Your advice is sought. ...more >>

How to get remote query timeout value
Posted by ad at 8/26/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, We can use EXEC sp_configure 'remote query timeout', 6000 to set the remote query timeout value. How can we get the value remote query timeout ? ...more >>


DevelopmentNow Blog