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  • RE: Defaults vs. Triggers

    Defaults are more efficient, but they don't provide a true audit trail as they are easily overriden by supplying values.  Triggers are harder to disable/override and so provide a more...

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  • RE: Key range lock on every row in the table when selecting a single row

    Good, glad I could help; but that doesn't explain why it was behaving differently on other servers.

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  • RE: sp_helpfile - size column != OS ???

    How far off is it?  Do you have any specific examples?

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  • RE: Key range lock on every row in the table when selecting a single row

    Look at the execution plan to make sure that the query is using the index.

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  • RE: sp_helpfile - size column != OS ???

    Is the volume compressed?

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  • RE: domain admin recorded as dbo

    As long as you are in the sysadmin role, any objects you create will automatically be dbo unless you specify an owner.  You should always specify an owner, but very...

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  • RE: Licensing question

    I had a similar problem a while ago and posted my findings.

    HTH

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=5&messageid=19707

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  • RE: Rights to alter DTS packages

    When you save the DTS package you can specify an owner password.  If you do this, even sysadmins won't be able to modify the package without it, but anyone who...

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  • RE: expand column size

    I'm not sure exactly what Noel was referring to but I assume it's something like creating a new table with the proper column lengths, import the data from the original...

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  • RE: expand column size

    alter table <TableName>

    alter column <ColName> varchar(100)

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  • RE: Procedure Cache size

    Proc cache is limited to 2GB (on 32 bit machines).  The reason your cache hit ratio seems low is probably because you are looking at the "total" which is most...

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  • RE: Data Dictionary from within SQL Server 2000

    In my earlier post I pointed out that this data is NOT in a "hidden table" that is not accessible to the user.  This information is in fact in sysproperties...

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  • RE: Hits and Misses

    First off, thank you for the article.  It isn't very often that I get to read an article that really teaches me something new and explains something that has left...

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  • RE: BLOBs in Database or File System

    I have worked with document management and image management software for a few years and all of the systems that I have seen suffer from the issues raised by EdVassie.  Some...

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  • RE: securityadmin role for you super gurus

    I've had this problem with a number of third-party applications over the years.  Generally it's because they expect their product to be the only database on your server and they...

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