SQL Database Backup with Query

The tail of the transaction log usually refers to the contents of the database's transaction log that has not been backed up.  Basically, every time you perform a transaction log backup, you are backing up the tail of the transaction log.

Then why all the fuss over this?  Well, the complication starts when the database's data files are no longer available, perhaps due to a media failure.  When this occurs, the next logical step is to back up the current transaction log, and apply this backup to the standby database.  You can back up the transaction log even though the data files are no longer available, using the NO_TRUNCATE option e.g.

BACKUP LOG AdventureWorks TO DISK = 'G:\Backups\AdventureWorks_log_tail.bak' WITH NO_TRUNCATE

You can then use the resulting log backup to bring the standby database to the state the database was in before the failure.

This is another good reason to place your transaction log files on different disks from the data files.  If they were on the same disks, a disk failure would prevent you from taking a backup of the transaction log.

Another complication is when your database is using the bulk-logged recovery model, and the current transaction log contains minimally logged transactions.  In this situation, a transaction log backup needs to store the modified data pages (extents).  If the data files are not available, you cannot back up the transaction log, even with the NO_TRUNCATE option.

Lastly, in SQL Server 2005 and above, every time you try to restore a database which already exists, is using the full or bulk-logged recovery models, and the transaction log contains active transactions, an error similar to the following is displayed:

Server: Msg 3159, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The tail of the log for the database "AdventureWorks" has not been backed up. Use BACKUP LOG WITH NORECOVERY to backup the log if it contains work you do not want to lose. Use the WITH REPLACE or WITH STOPAT clause of the RESTORE statement to just overwrite the contents of the log. Server: Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.

This is just SQL Server's way of telling you that there are log records in the transaction log that have not been backed up. If the current transaction log can be discarded, you can use the REPLACE option to tell SQL Server to ignore the current transaction log e.g.

RESTORE DATABASE AdventureWorks FROM DISK = 'G:\Backups\AdventureWorks_full.bak' WITH REPLACE

Reference Page : http://www.sqlbackuprestore.com/backingupthetail.htm
Reference Site: SQLBackupRestore.com

Microsoft Visual Studio "Debug" VS "Release" mode

When we want to deploy our web application to live/local server, then we have two options for making built – Release mode and Debug mode. Both the modes have own importance and characteristics. The details about Release mode and Debug mode are as.

Debug Mode
Developer use debug mode for debugging the web application on live/local server. Debug mode allow developers to break the execution of program using interrupt 3 and step through the code. Debug mode has below features:

• Less optimized code
• Some additional instructions are added to enable the developer to set a break-point on every source code line.
• More memory is used by the source code at run-time.
• Scripts & images downloaded by webresource.axd are not cached.
• It has big size, and runs slower.

Release Mode
Developer use release mode for final deployment of source code on live server. Release mode Dlls contain optimized code and it is for customers. Release mode has below features:

• More optimized code
• Some additional instructions are removed and developer can’t set a break-point on every source code line.
• Less memory is used by the source code at run-time.
• Scripts & images downloaded by webresource.axd are cached.
• It has small size, and runs fast.

There is no difference in functionality of a debug dll and a release dll. usually, when we compile code in debug mode, we have a corresponding .pdb (program database) file. This .pdb file contains information that enables the debugger to map the generated IL (intermediate language) to source code line number. It also contains the names of local variables in the source code.

The Release mode enables optimizations and generates without any debug data, so it is fully optimized. . Lots of your code could be completely removed or rewritten in Release mode. The resulting executable will most likely not match up with your written code. Because of this release mode will run faster than debug mode due to the optimizations.

Notepad as Programming Text Editor

Friends, do you know that notepad serves as a HEX and Binary editor. Yes, it does. !!!

If you do not have an programming text editor or a Binary Editor then you can make many changes to system configuration files or make your own using notepad.

Now using a notepad will tell you how to format an HDD. Consider it one of the first steps in learning. But please use it only to make your repair/debugging work on your Windows System simpler, and not to infect others.

Steps for Drive formating using Notepad :

1) Copy The Following In Notepad Exactly as it says "Only 'Zero' and 'One' without space.
    01001011000111110010010101010101010000011111100000
2) Save file as an EXE.
3) It's Done.. Run the EXE to format the current partition.

Note : Do not try it on your PC. Don’t mess around with this is for educational purpose only. And please backup your data before experimenting.

Extracting text from a bunch of =EMBED(“Forms.HTML:Text.1”,“”) in Excel

Sub ExtractData()
Dim obj

    For Each obj In ActiveSheet.OLEObjects
        If obj.progID = "Forms.HTML:TextArea.1" Then
            me.Range("A1").Value = obj.Object.Value 
             ''' change the Range as required
        End If
    Next o
End Sub

SendKeys Method

This method places keystrokes in a key buffer. In some cases, you must call this method before you call the method that will use the keystrokes. For example, to send a password to a dialog box, you must call the SendKeys method before you display the dialog box.

The Keys argument can specify any single key or any key combined with ALT, CTRL, or SHIFT (or any combination of those keys). Each key is represented by one or more characters, such as "a" for the character a, or "{ENTER}" for the ENTER key.

To specify characters that aren't displayed when you press the corresponding key (for example, ENTER or TAB), use the codes listed in the following table. Each code in the table represents one key on the keyboard.

ey	Code
BACKSPACE	{BACKSPACE} or {BS}
BREAK	{BREAK}
CAPS LOCK	{CAPSLOCK}
CLEAR	{CLEAR}
DELETE or DEL	{DELETE} or {DEL}
DOWN ARROW	{DOWN}
END	{END}
ENTER (numeric keypad)	{ENTER}
ENTER	~ (tilde)
ESC	{ESCAPE} or {ESC}
HELP	{HELP}
HOME	{HOME}
INS	{INSERT}
LEFT ARROW	{LEFT}
NUM LOCK	{NUMLOCK}
PAGE DOWN	{PGDN}
PAGE UP	{PGUP}
RETURN	{RETURN}
RIGHT ARROW	{RIGHT}
SCROLL LOCK	{SCROLLLOCK}
TAB	{TAB}
UP ARROW	{UP}
F1 through F15	{F1} through {F15}

You can also specify keys combined with SHIFT and/or CTRL and/or ALT. To specify a key combined with another key or keys, use the following table.

To combine a key with	Precede the key code with
SHIFT	+ (plus sign)
CTRL	^ (caret)
ALT	% (percent sign)

Example

This example uses the SendKeys method to quit Microsoft Excel.

Application.SendKeys("%fx")

Reference: MSDN.Microsoft.Com 

Meanings of these Words

Do you know the meanings of these words?

• News = North East West South
• Chess = Chariot, Horse, Elephant, Soldiers
• Cold = Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
• Joke = Joy of Kids Entertainment
• Aim = Ambition in Mind
• Date = Day and Time Evolution
• Eat = Energy and Test
• Tea = Taste and Energy Admitted
• Pen = Power Enriched in Nib
• Smile = Sweet Memories in Lips Expression
• Bye = Be with your Everytime

AutoSend the mail from excelsheet

Create a Action Button and copy paste following Lotus Script.
When you click on action button it will open excel file.. add following columns and once your are done click "OK" Prompt button...

This is select individual rows and send mail.

Columns 1: To
Columns 2: Subject
Columns 3: Body Content

Programming Code:


Sub Click(Source As Button)
on error goto ErrorHandling

Dim session As New NotesSession
Dim db As NotesDatabase
Dim doc As NotesDocument
Dim richStyle As NotesRichTextStyle
Dim color As NotesColorObject

Dim xlApp As Variant
Dim xlsheet As Variant
Dim ARangeValue As Variant

Dim I As Integer
Dim c As Integer 
Dim j As Integer
Dim answer As Integer

Set db = session.CurrentDatabase
Set doc = New NotesDocument( db )
Set richStyle = session.CreateRichTextStyle
Set color = session.CreateColorObject
color.NotesColor = 240

Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
xlApp.Visible = True
xlApp.Workbooks.add

Set xlsheet = xlApp.Workbooks(1).Worksheets(1)
xlsheet.Activate

Messagebox " Copy the data in the excelsheet, Once you click 'OK' mail will sent to the respected users."


c=65
While Not xlsheet.Range(Chr(c) & "1").Value = ""
i=2

doc.Form = "Memo"
doc.SendTo = xlsheet.Range("A" & Trim(Str(i + 1))).Value
doc.Subject = xlsheet.Range("B" & Trim(Str(i + 1))).Value

Dim richText As New NotesRichTextItem(doc, "Body")

Call richText.AddNewline(1)

richStyle.Bold = True
richStyle.NotesColor = COLOR_BLUE
richStyle.FontSize = 18

Call richText.AppendStyle(richStyle)
Call richText.AppendText("Title with Tex Style")

richStyle.Bold = False
richStyle.FontSize = 10
richStyle.NotesColor = COLOR_BLACK

Call richText.AppendStyle(richStyle)
Call richText.AddNewline(2)
Call richText.AppendText("Body Contents for the mail....")
Call doc.Save(True, False)
Call doc.Send( False ) 

i = i + 1
Wend

Messagebox "Auto Mail send Process is Complited"

Exit Sub
ErrorHandling:
Messagebox  Error

End Sub