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  • Reply To: Converting job_id to join to another table.

    So to clarify a few things, I used sp_who2 as an example anyone could do. What is really happening is we are logging trace data on blocking events and long-running...

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    So on a whim (because health insurance is going to make me take a paycut next year even if I get a raise), I started checking out salary info for...

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  • Reply To: To View or not to View, that is the question...

    I'm a little late to the party, but I have plenty of horror stories about nested views. Mostly for the reasons Jo mentions but also troubleshooting problems is a major...

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  • Reply To: Compare rows within the same table

    So I'm a big fan of SARGability, which means I would take Scott's version and do it with a CTE.

    WITH JobTypes AS (SELECT JobID, MAX(CASE WHEN TaskName...

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  • Reply To: Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?

    Now watching Black Arts # 3 and I just have to ask..

    Jeff, where do we get your f'n Tally Function. @=) (j/k).

    But on a serious note, do you have that...

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  • Reply To: Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?

    Wow. Just ... WOW. Watched the 1.2. Now going to watch 3.

    Thanks, Jeff.

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  • Reply To: Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?

    So I am doing some major learning today. And here I thought I could take it easy on the week of Turkeys! @=)

    Thank you both. I have already forwarded the...

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  • Reply To: Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?

    Oh, and can I get a favor? Can everyone to update their posts with the proper spelling of my name? Brandie.

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  • Reply To: Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?

    Jeff, thank you for that information. I will research.

    So we are using the Hallogren solution for index maintenace and yes, it involves reorgs. I removed reorgs from the servers I'm...

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  • Reply To: Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?

    Jo, I have already read through both links you have provided in this chat. I am looking for white papers beyond this information.

    EDIT: The application team member was very specific...

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  • Reply To: Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?

    Michael L John wrote:

    Stop rebuilding indexes.

    Microsoft's documentation states:

    Index maintenance decisions should be made after considering multiple factors in the specific context of each workload, including the resource cost of maintenance. They should...

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  • Reply To: Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?

    Thank you, everyone, for your input.

    Now would a high-volume OLTP (lots of daily inserts or deletes or both) make a difference in your opinion?

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Wondering if anyone has time to point me to resources regarding this particular question: Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats? – SQLServerCentral Forums?

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  • Reply To: Converting job_id to join to another table.

    I'm sorry. The post that was previously here was harsh. I am removing it because there was no call for me to sound so short.

    Converting to uniqueidentifier did not work...

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  • Reply To: Converting job_id to join to another table.

    Kaj, that does work faster than the function I found via Google. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

     

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