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The joy of template parameters
15 July 2007 20:23

I thought I would do a quick blog about template parameters since I have been writing allot of standard deployment scripts for our 2005 builds and have used them extensively. So what are they? Well they are place holders and you would you use them in the same places that you would probably put a variable. The key difference comes when you assign the values. With... Read More...

by ACALVETT | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: SQL 2005, SQL 2000, Tools

2005 - Alter failed for server XXX
13 February 2006 18:04

Thats exactly what i thought!! What the hell does that mean? Well, for me this occured in the context of running the maintenance plan integrity check task. It had been running fine for weeks but suddenly boom every time it ran it would fail with "Alter failed for server XXX". There was no obvious reason for this error so i had to dig out profiler to see what... Read More...

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Filed under: Maintenance Plans, SQL 2005, Tools, Tips