Restoring Database to different instance with encryption problems
Hello All! I am having an issue of reading an encrypted table after restoring the table to a different server and instance.Here is my process thus far:Performed Full backup of databaseRestored...
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I created a partition scheme with:CREATE PARTITION SCHEME IQPScheme_Right AS PARTITION IQPFN_FinalizeDateRight ALL TO ([PRIMARY]) I then created a partition function with:CREATE PARTITION FUNCTION...
View ArticleIssue using Tools->Options->Result to Text to customize column delimiter
Hi all,I need to export a large dataset (greater than 6 GB) to text file. Since the dataset contains special characters, I cannot use Import and Export Wizard to export it into text file. (Error...
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Index Reorg completes but Update statistics fails
SQL Server 2008 SP3 Enterprise 64 bit on a Windows Server 2008 R2 EnterpriseIn the steps above, Index Rebuild completed but Update Statistics failed on Msg 9100, Level 23, State 2, Line 1 Possible...
View ArticleConversion from SQL 2005 to SQL 2012 Express
Looking to move a small database from SQL 2005 to SQL 2012 Express - can a 2005 backup file be restored to a newly created 2012 Express database file?
View ArticleDISCUSS AND PLAN DELETION/ARCHIVING OF HISTORICAL RECORDS
We have some tables in our database which are having huge number of records and the approximate size of the data that get added to the tables is 1.5 - 2 million records and we need to archive the...
View Articledatabase migration question
SQL server A----Database AASQL Server B---Database BBDo database migration:I backup database AA on sql server A--create aa.back filethen I copy aa.bak file to Server B and restore aa.bak as...
View ArticleRestoring a SQL backup file
when attempting to restore a backup file to a SQL database file the restore failed and the error message referenced that the backup was from a "different" database. Trying to restore a damaged...
View ArticleLog shipping question
Hi All,I always ask this question to myself very often and sometimes get confused. Why is log shipping called a Disaster recovery solution and not a High availability solution even though it provides...
View Articlecopy all files and renaming them
HiMy SQL script needs to copy all backup files in a folder to another one while renaming them at the same time by adding the time stamp like this: Originalfilename[Timestamp].bakBasically the script...
View ArticleHow do I see the full SQLl/Query text of a spid?
How do I see the full SQLl/Query text of a spid?I use different ways to get the query, the problem is it truncates the end, so I cannot see the entire query/sql text. Is there another way to a...
View ArticleFull backup is not happening due to consistent checkpoint
Full backup is not happening due to consistent checkpoint.We have sql server 2008 r2 wherein a database is of 1.2 TB size. This database files have been properly splited across multiple drives. Log...
View ArticleUnexpected shutdown for SQL server creating mini dump file
We are using 3 SQL instances (2005 SP4) in cluster network (active passive) and all 3 instance would be running on same node. We have 18GB total memory and max memory for instance1 = 8, other 2 = 4 GB...
View ArticleUnderstanding of Perfmon-WorkingSet SQL Server Values
Hi All:Working Set is the term that defines the amount of memory currently in use for a processIn one of the server, just i noticed the Working Set of SQL Server is --> 6,514,200,576Please let me...
View ArticleAbout tempdb
I add datafiles tempdb2.ndf and tempdb3.ndf when tempdb out of space.So temp.mdf on E drive, tempdb2.ndf on F drive and tempdb3.ndf on G driveMay I delete tempdb2.ndf and tempdb3.ndf?How can I remove...
View ArticleDatabase in "Restoring" state --- HELP
Ok. I have spent hours on this already.We were restoring a database from tape. The tape drive failed in the middle of the restore. So now we CANNOT restore from tape to try again.Before I started...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 not auto-shrinking logfile
We recently deployed SQL Server 2012 Standard on a Server 2008 R2 SP1 machine and, for the most part, everything behaves the same as SQL 2008 R2 (no surprise there). However, one issue I've been...
View ArticleKB2895494 doesn't seem to work in SQL2012 SP1 CU8
KB2895494 was raised as part of SQL2012 SP1 CU7 to stop a memory leak caused by theMEMOBJ_COMPILE_ADHOC memory object not releasing memory. The KB includes a query:-select type,...
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Unable to cycle error log due to lock that will not clear
Hello, Currently I'm having an issue with cycling the error log on two SQL Server Instances because the file is being used by another process. Simple I know but, when you try to kill the SPID it...
View ArticleIntellisense is lazy?
Sql2k8 SSMS intellisense is lazy ot it seems so.After have created an TSQL object my intellisense does not advert its existence. Even after refresh at Sql Server database, intellisense does not show me...
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