This week: Local user groups and you...

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January 17, 2005 Published by  SearchDatabase.com This Week NEWS     TOPICS     ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE     TIPS     ASK THE EXPERTS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     IN THIS ISSUE:   > From the Editor: Are local user groups important to you?   > White Papers: Best practices for backup and recovery   > Webcasts: Fact-based database design   > More from SearchDatabase.com: PostgreSQL a 'no-brainer' Searching for a DBA or developer job? Sign up for a MyDice Account in the SearchDatabase.com Career Center and gain immediate access to thousands of job listings. Start the New Year in the perfect job! FROM THE EDITOR Are local user groups important to you? [by Tim DiChiara] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It has been a relatively busy few weeks in the usually quiet world of DBMS user groups. Our SQL Server expert Jeremy Kadlec has started the Northern Virginia SQL Server Users Group, together with Brian Moran of the training group Solid Quality Learning. Meanwhile, our other SQL Server expert Greg Robidoux has launched the New Hampshire SQL Server Users Group. Are these sorts of local user groups important to you? If you are a member of a local group, why did you join: Networking for jobs? Networking for clients? To commiserate with somebody who actually knows what an 'outer join' is? To practice speaking in preparation for a national show? To figure out technical problems without hiring an expensive consultant? To show the boss that you're a 'go-getter'? Addicted to pizza? I'd like to hear your thoughts. Have a good week, Tim  FEATURED WHITE PAPERS Best Practices for Database Backup and Recovery Published by: Imceda Software Consolidate File Serving with Simply Managed, Fault-Tolerant Clusters Published by: Polyserve > VIEW ALL WHITE PAPERS  FEATURED WEBCASTS Enterprise computing has evolved. Don't get left behind. WHEN:   18 JAN 2005, 11:30 EST SPEAKERS:   Carly Fiorina HP Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   Ann Livermore HP Executive Vice President, Technology Solutions Group   Rich Marcello Senior Vice President and General Manager, HP Business Critical Servers Product Line SPONSOR:   HP   Fact-based Database Design WHEN:   Available on Demand SPEAKER:   Dr. Terry Halpin Professor and Vice President, Northface University SPONSOR:   SearchDatabase Whitepaper Library   > VIEW ALL WEBCASTS MORE FROM SEARCHDATABASE.COM ASK THE EXPERTS: SQL Server: Applying LDF file to MDF without turning it to .BAK first? HELP! Our MDF file was somehow corrupted on Dec 31st. We worked with Microsoft support over the phone for two days trying to repair it... with no luck. We also found out that the SQL Server backup has not been working since October 5th. It was creating the .BAK files, but they were corrupted too! We still have a LDF file (dated 12/31) and a good MDF file from backup (dated 10/4). Microsoft told us that we can't apply the 12/31 LDF file to the 10/4 MDF file unless we first turn the LDF file into a backup file (BAK file). When we tried that, the backup fails and Microsoft's support now thinks the LDF is potentially corrupted. Can someone tell me if there is a technique or tool that can help us apply the LDF file to MDF without turning it to a .BAK file first? Is there a company out there that we could send our LDF and MDF files to and see if they can repair them? INDUSTRY NEWS: User: Support for rock-solid PostgreSQL a 'no-brainer' Pervasive Software opened the door this week to open source with Pervasive Postgres, a combination of the PostgreSQL database and services. One user believes Pervasive's third party support will mean good things for the user. Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchDatabase.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2005 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Updates on new site content": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchDatabase.techtarget.com/u?cid=501864&lid=430848&track=NL-78 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: SearchDatabase Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 Previous message View by thread View by date Next message Reply via email to Search the site The Mail Archive home searchdatabase - all messages searchdatabase - about the list Expand Previous message Next message The Mail Archive home Add your mailing list FAQ Support Privacy 20050117153024.EA608184CA@mailhost9.lists.techtarget.com