Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 76 through 90 (of 824 total)

  • RE: Performance Implications of Database Snapshots

    We use snapshots extensively in development and they have been a godsend there; they have saved us untold hours. However, for our production systems we avoid snapshots except as...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Audit Trails and Logging Part II

    Thomas Keller (6/10/2008)


    In my case, it was necessary not only to show that a certain user ran a certain query at a certain time (as the trace would do), it...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Audit Trails and Logging Part II

    Eric, that's a good point about 2000. Traces in SQL 2005 have been significantly improved in several ways including making them generally less expensive. I just assumed that...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Audit Trails and Logging Part II

    Jack Corbett (6/10/2008)


    Eric Stimpson (6/10/2008)


    You can examine the contents of the trace after you've stopped it by using this select:

    Therein lies the rub, I think. A trace used for...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Audit Trails and Logging Part II

    GSquared (6/10/2008)


    DCPeterson, on the subject of a "server side trace". I'm not clear on what you mean by that. Are you talking about something outside the database, or...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Audit Trails and Logging Part II

    Jack Corbett (6/10/2008)


    DCPeterson (6/10/2008)


    The most common problem I've seen when it comes to audit logs is that the requirements aren't well defined so you get something like this: "well, we...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Audit Trails and Logging Part II

    Jack Corbett (6/10/2008)


    DCPeterson (6/10/2008)


    Now, tracking which queries were sent, which tables/columns were queried, and who sent them makes sense and is easily accomplished with a trace.

    This is why I did...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Audit Trails and Logging Part II

    These were a pretty good basic overview of two of the options available. I think there is one option that was left out that offers much more flexibility than...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Is XML the Answer?

    Sir Slicendice (5/2/2008)


    Interesting article, but I think you (and to be fair, lots of others) have missed one of the most valuable benefits of XML:

    The standardized hierarchical nature makes it...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Is XML the Answer?

    Thanks for thinking! That was my main goal, to get people to THINK instead of just accepting what vendors were feeding us.

    One quick correction if I may:...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Is XML the Answer?

    Someguy (5/2/2008)


    Hmnn...

    By the time I'm getting here, we're on 12 pages of replies. Admitting that only a handful of people will read this far, I might as well throw in...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Server Up-Time Information

    There's a much simpler way to do this:

    select ServerUptimeInHrs = datediff(hh, Login_time, current_timestamp)

    from sys.dm_exec_sessions

    where session_id = 1

    That gives you the hours, obviously days, minutes or whatever are just as easy...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: Table vs View

    I don't tend to make extensive use of views. Most of the time they are used to simplify query writing, or to provide an abstraction layer between users and...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: 2007 Tech Salary Survey Results

    No, the discussion is not "off topic" because the original article, and many of the earlier posts are informed by the pay gap myth. My posts were merely to...

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

  • RE: CTE "Level" column problem

    Thank you, I figured I was doing something stupid like that, I just couldn't see it for anything.

    /*****************

    If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. -Friedrich August von Hayek

    *****************/

Viewing 15 posts - 76 through 90 (of 824 total)