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Today I ran the install of SQL Server 2012 RC2 on another computer this time a Windows 7 computer not on a domain.  Here is the trouble that I ran into.   SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error: There was a failure to validate setting CTLRUSERS in validaton function ValidateUsers. Error code 0x85640004.   Then immediately after, I …

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Download the Thanksgiving query sample code here. I thought it would be fun to put together a query to get us in the spirit of Thanksgiving dinner tonight. This query is using techniques from another recent posting on CSV formatting query output.   Here is my Thanksgiving gift to you, the Thanksgiving day query.   Don’t copy and paste, your browser …

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SQL 2012 Compatibility Level With SQL Server 2012, there was a new compatibility level being introduced, level 110 the new SQL 2012 compatibility level. SQL Server can run in a number of different compatibility levels, but how do you change it and how do you set it. These compatibility levels reflect the version of SQL server. 60 = SQL Server 6.0 65 …

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The Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux provides native connectivity from Linux to Microsoft SQL Server. Just released 11/21/2011 – Linux ODBC driver for SQL server. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28160   Hopes: I hope this is better than the original SQL Server driver for PHP. I hope this driver will work on other Linux distributions besides Red Hat.

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This is a followup to my Whats more important than a backup plan article posted a couple of months ago. When you do a database restore, including log backups, it is very important to get the log chain in the right order, or it won’t work.  To restore a full backup, then log backups, the chain of logs could be …

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Is it a good idea to run DBCC SHRINKDATABASE regularly? Download the sample file ShrinkSample. This article and samples apply to SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2008R2. This really depends on a number of factors, but generally the answer is NO, it is not a good idea to run DBCC SHRINKDATABASE regularly. For the purpose of this article, I am …

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