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Linked Server Query Results: OPENQUERY vs Distributed Transactions

I have two databases. They are on different servers. One is named REPORTDB and the other is named TRANSDB. TRANSDB is referenced as a linked server on REPORTDB named TRANS. I execute a query like ...
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limit the number of rows returned when a condition is met?

Is it possible to limit the number of rows returned when a condition is met? I am working on a query to check if a student is ready to graduate, and they need to meet a certain number of credits per ...
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how to add attachment(text file) to database mail?

I have scenario Daily i run a sql job to apply a new updates to one table - this job will create one text file daily - text file contains all new updates I can send a mail to client that job is ...
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sp_startpublication_snapshot Parameter(s)

I am creating a stored procedure that: Restores a DB from a .bak giving the .mdf and .ldf a new name (so we have have several copies of the same DB up (If specified in the SP's parameter) Creates ...
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Searching for keywords in fulltext indexes using the “contains” function

Lets assume "and" is not a stopword, in my language it should not be. How do I search for it using the contains function? It is a keyword, but how do I escape the keywordness? No luck with: SELECT ...
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Disabled trigger still fired

I've just run the following t-sql to disable a trigger (with a deploy script wrapper around osql): disable trigger dbo.trExampleTableInsert ON dbo.ExampleTable In SSMS I could see the trigger was ...
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SQL Server Decimal(9, 0) vs INT

One of our customers uses for some columns the datatype DECIMAL(18,0) in his SQL Server 2008R2 database. Because the columns grow quite slowly, he recently proposed to change the datatype to ...
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update statement with self join

I needed to copy information from one row of a table to another. I noticed I could do the following: update address set col1 = a2.col1, col2 = a2.col2, .....etc from address a1, address a2 where ...
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SQL Server : where with cast(value as varbinary) vs cast(value as varbinary(300))

Are there any theoretical performance differences between these queries in the scenarios below. Scenarios are: MyTable has Value nvarchar(300) MyTable has Value nvarchar(max) Q1: declare @p ...
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Fulltext search limiting users possibilities

We have a web site with a search box. The search uses a fulltext index column. However, we just cant feed the text the user has input into this stored procedure. CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SearchPages] ...
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TSQL Trigger Incorrect Syntax

Im a SQL noob but here goes - I have a trigger in SQL which is giving me an incorrect syntax error E.G: INSERT INTO aTable ( tTypeId, opId, inserted.Id ) SELECT 3, 0, inserted.Id ...
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Query tuning help needed (Hash Match and Table Scans)

I need help optimizing the following query (returning ~8k rows): SELECT A.sys_id, 'AppSvrRels' = CAST(SUBSTRING((SELECT (', ' + T.name) FROM ( ...
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DELETE failed because the following SET options have incorrect settings: 'ANSI_NULLS'

I have inherited a few scripts that are pumped through a c#.NET custom app to update a SQL2005 SP3 database. One of these scripts does a deletion on a user table called msw_timer_task, based on a ...
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How to create table set from several XSD in SQL Server 2012 or with VS 2012

Is there any solution in T-SQL or in C# how to create XML schema collection in T-SQL or C#? Problem is I cannot use: USE Database_test GO CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION Collection_from_XSD AS N' ...
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T-SQL Script for segmenting data into finer categories based on percentage measure in another table

I have a SQL Server 2008 R2 database with two tables. The first table - Shops - has a list of establishments and the number of shoppers it attracts segmented by criteria A (2 categories) and B (2 ...
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trap xp_logininfo stored procedure error

Sql server 2000, windows 2003 server. I am trying find all the invalid domain login creates in sql 2000 server in a script using xp_logininfo and get message "Could not obtain information about ...
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RAND in T-sql function

Can any one tell why t-sql not allowing using RAND function in side a function SELECT CAST (RAND() * 10000000 as varchar(20)) the error is Invalid use of a side-effecting operator 'rand' ...
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Database Diagram Error Code

I have sysadmin privileges on a SQL Server 2008 R2 server. I'm working with the development database and want to save a database diagram I created. When I try to save I get the following error ...