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MSDE a memory hog..... Who da thunk... not me .... Dear Susan Bradley, After extensive research and monitoring, it has been determined that the resource used by SQL express engine causes a dramatic performance decrease for the server. Futhermore, it creates...
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http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&p1=2852&x=4&y=8 SQL 2000 falls out of mainstream support in April of 2008. If your line of business vendor is still only supporting SQL 2000, sit them down and have a talk with them. Ask them...
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The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137/LN/ I have no idea what build number I have of SQL 2005 to be honest with you...but I'm losing track of 'em...
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How to downgrade to SQL Server 2000 on a computer that is running Windows SBS 2003 R2 Premium Edition: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935573 Buried in yesterday's KB listing was that gem. Okay read it again.... you know what it means? I'll...
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http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2007/08/11/detach-and-reattach.aspx So Chad informs me that all that SQL command line stuff I was so proud of could have been all done via the GUI 'sure nuff. Detach and reattach via the GUI.... Now he tells...
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So you need to move a SQL database 'eh? First off the trick is to "get" to that database with a management tool http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2007/06/12/connecting-to-the-wsus-database-with-sql-2005-s-tools.aspx If you don't...
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When I go to check the mg_EmailQueue table it gives off an error and tells me to run DBCC CHECKTABLE. I am such a SQL newbie dweeb it's not funny... okay so reading this... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174338.aspx What do I put as view...
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I'm not a command line gal and I wanted to document that in order to use the SQL management studio included in SQL 2005 workgroup/R2 to do this , doing this didn't work. Instead as the comment said in the prior blog post, I have to use a pipe...
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FIX: Event ID: 1 may be logged when you use a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) writer to back up a snapshot in SQL Server 2005: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;934396 Okay that's a slightly weird hotfix When I get a hotfix...
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If you are running SBS standard and you want to control the SQL that comes with WSUS 3.0 the EXACT tool you need can be obtained from THIS link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=65110 (Image courtesy of Handy Andy Goodman as I still haven't...
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So you've seen this post but don't have OSQL on your system and you want to stomp on the memory of WSUS 3.0? So how do you do it in a GUI format? Now keep in mind these instructions are for Standard machines, not premium as I am blocked from downloading...
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FIX: Event ID: 1 may be logged when you use a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) writer to back up a snapshot in SQL Server 2005: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;934396 If you are running a SBS 2003 box with SQL 2005 workgroup and...
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