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An existing DTS selects rows from various tables and outputs them to a CSV file. I need to use PGP (the command line version) to encrypt that output...
What's a good way to download five SQL Server 2005 databases from production to my laptop for development work with Visual Studio? Our application...
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I'm reading about the fill factor setting in Sql Server 2005. Most sources recommend a setting of 80 to 90, depending on how the table is used....
Reviewing our databases, we find 31% of our indexes have index fragmentation above 30% and should be rebuilt. Yesterday, I found fragmentation of the...
If I take the first SQL example from Reorganizing and Rebuilding Indexes and try to execute it, it fails with this error: "Msg 102, Level 15, State...
I've inherited a production SQL Server 2000 database that was migrated to SQL Server 2005 by restoring backup tapes on the new server. Stored...
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