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  • Reply To: Restore a Backup of a TDE Database to Another Server: Level 2 of the Stairway to TDE

    just one note to add here, if you do restore the DMK from another server, and i recommend you don't, you will need to take extra steps in order for...

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  • Reply To: SSRS - connecting to multiple SQL Instances

    wow , been a short while since I touched ssrs, it seems they have withdrawn multi instance support in favour of virtualisation of ssrs nodes

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  • Reply To: SSRS - connecting to multiple SQL Instances

    lanky_doodle wrote:

    I didn't think you can install multiple instances on the same Windows host anymore, at least that's what I'm reading for SQL 2019.

    where are you reading this, what...

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  • Reply To: Minimum permission for user to grant execute on a stored procedure they created

    so it was, apologies, did not see that in the line of code.

    Best to mention it anyway

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  • Reply To: Access Denied and Cannot Open the Datafile

    a mapped drive is user profile specific, one user mapping H: to a share wont be the same for other users logging on.

    Use the UNC path and just ensure the...

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  • Reply To: Minimum permission for user to grant execute on a stored procedure they created

    to be able to grant others permission you need to be assigned the GRANT WITH GRANT option, this defaults if you own the object

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  • Reply To: SSRS - connecting to multiple SQL Instances

    lanky_doodle wrote:

    Hi,

    We have 4 SQL instances (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019) all using AOAG.

    What's the score with SSRS connecting to these instances? I'm thinking for every SQL version we have,...

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  • Reply To: Changing log to unlimited growth - reverts back to limited

    Jay@Work wrote:

    Never seen this behaviour before (maybe it has happened and I haven't been bitten yet!) I have some new DBs (SQL 2012) and these have been created by...

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  • Reply To: Project for Always On

    Check my stairway, already linked above.

    Although written for 2012\2014 it's still relevant in most respects apart from later features like distributed AGs and cross domain\workgroup clusters.

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  • Reply To: How to find unique values in a table

    Mr. Brian Gale wrote:

    but MAXDOP 1 hint would have solved that as well (or adjusting the cost threshold for parallelism) and was a "better" option.

    These are always over looked in favour...

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  • Reply To: Non clustered index fragmentation problem

    how are you determining the frag level, are you using the index physical stats DMV?

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  • Reply To: Access Denied and Cannot Open the Datafile

    I'm guessing your account has the necessary share and ntfs permissions on the remote fileshare, thats why it works through VS.

    Setting up an agent proxy would be the best idea...

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  • Reply To: Shrining log file not releasing the unused space

    the status of 2 for each row returned indicates that VLF is in use, (you get 1 row for each VLF in the log file) that's why you cannot shrink...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by  Perry Whittle.
    • This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by  Perry Whittle.

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  • Reply To: Get file sizes of database files and free space on disk

    Which version of sql server are you using as there are now a set of DMV’s that expose this info, a lot easier!

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  • Reply To: Log Shipping with Cluster Shared Volumes and SQL Virtual Name

    under windows 2016 CIFS shares have changed quite a bit, you now need to setup a new file server role and then provision a redundant fileshare from there.

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by  Perry Whittle.

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