Comments on: SQL SERVER – Order of Hotfix and Service Pack http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/06/06/sql-server-order-of-hotfix-and-service-pack/ Personal Notes of Pinal Dave Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:40:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/06/06/sql-server-order-of-hotfix-and-service-pack/#comment-64242 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:54:09 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5348#comment-64242 Hi Pinal Dave,

I was wondering if you know how to script the installment of service packs on SQL 2005.

I have to install a bunch of new servers with SQL and I used the template.ini to configure a install script with options to install SQL server.
Now to use the GUI to install about 40 servers is going to be a pain in the … So if you or anybody else reading this could give me a clue on how to do that. It ‘ll be much appreciated.

]]> By: Brian Tkatch http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/06/06/sql-server-order-of-hotfix-and-service-pack/#comment-55711 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:31:52 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5348#comment-55711 @barnali chhotaray

DEFAULT means different things. For an IDENTITY COLUMN, the IDENTITY attribute populates the COLUMN. DEFAULT also populates the COLUMN. Therefore, it would be in conflict with the IDENITY attribute. Only one thing can provide the value!

DEFAULT VALUES in a statement, tells SQL Server that the query will not provide any values for the COLUMNs. Which is fine for an IDENTITY, as it will populate that COLUMN anyway.

]]> By: barnali chhotaray http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/06/06/sql-server-order-of-hotfix-and-service-pack/#comment-55636 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:33:39 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5348#comment-55636 hello,

I have a confusion on IDENTITY column. I read it in a book that DEFAULT constraint can not be created on IDENTITY column.

While, I found a situation from internet is the following:

We have a table and it has just one column that the identity property of that column set to ON, we need a query to insert some records in that.

Ans: INSERT INTO TableName DEFAULT VALUES

My question is that, if default values can not be created on identity column then how can default values be inserted into identity column ?

]]> By: joshua http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/06/06/sql-server-order-of-hotfix-and-service-pack/#comment-55624 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:08:53 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5348#comment-55624 hi…

Meaning, Release to Manufacturing (RTM) to Service Pack 3 is okay?

sorry… just want to clarify things, im new in MS SQL…

thanks…

]]> By: John Sansom http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/06/06/sql-server-order-of-hotfix-and-service-pack/#comment-52802 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:04:16 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5348#comment-52802 What is common knowledge to some people is also going to be new to many others.

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]]> By: Ritesh Shah http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/06/06/sql-server-order-of-hotfix-and-service-pack/#comment-52793 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:28:39 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5348#comment-52793 I am 100% sure that everybody don’t know about this and will get benefit from your TIPS

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