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  • RE: High CPU usage - Who?!

    That's kind of a tough one...  sp_who2 which just pulls the info from sysprocess reports on cpu usage, but it is cumulative, so it can't really tell you which process...

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  • RE: Profiler/ITW QUestion

    I don't use the ITW much, but I have used it in the manner you describe.  I don't recall any problems at all.

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  • RE: Response time measure

    you can also issue this command SET STATISTICS TIME ON and then do your queries...

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  • RE: 3 large tables layout.

    Rudy, that may not be true, particularly if the different logs can't be separated onto different disks/arrays.  If the transaction percentages are correct it might be better to have a...

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  • RE: SQL Server on dual CPU

    Although SQL Server can split work in a single transaction over multiple processors, it is often more efficient NOT to.  There is quite a bit of overhead incurred in coordinating...

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  • RE: Latest DB access date

    Unfortunately, SQL Server has no built-in capability to help you here.  There are several third party tools that can do this (or approximate this functionality) InDepth for SQL Server by...

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  • RE: Int versus Char primary key performance

    Another persistent myth of the database world.  Make no mistake about it, it IS a myth that character data types necessarily offer inferrior performance to numeric data.  Your search arguments...

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  • RE: Development license?

    **disclaimer** I am not a MS employee and am certainly not authorized to provide definitive licensing answers***

    I believe that if each of your developers have an MSDN license you are...

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  • RE: Backup timings - Best practise

    If you are doing the restores at the same time so that they will be synched up in case of a restore you may need to rethink things a bit. ...

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  • RE: Primary Key vs IDENTITY Property ????

    IDENTITY columns are nothing more than a specific implementation of what are generally known as surrogate keys.  There are several ways to generate surrogate keys, but for SQL Server the...

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  • RE: Why To Reboot the Server?

    It sounds like you have servers that will give you a lot of room to grow...  I doubt that the reboots either help or hurt performance.  There will be a...

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  • RE: Is XML the Answer?

    Of course the publishing world is where XML got its start.  As you said David, it is a method to separate format from content.

    I won't claim to be an expert...

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  • RE: Is XML the Answer?

    Wow!  MS and IBM MUST know what they are doing!  Thanks for opening my eyes man!  I never would have thought of such a brilliant line of reasoning by myself! ...

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  • RE: Is XML the Answer?

    I would laugh if it weren't so tragic...  A "standard (XML) schema"??  Is that a bad attempt at a joke?  That's what EDI tried to be, and XML will never...

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  • RE: Is XML the Answer?

    The poster is obviously ignorant of data management fundamentals and sound system design (and hasn't carefully read the article or the other posts).  Just how is XML necessary, sufficient, or even...

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