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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (2/15/2012)


    bitbucket-25253 (2/15/2012)


    Brandie Tarvin (2/15/2012)


    bitbucket-25253 (2/15/2012)


    Brandie

    go here

    http://originalchocolatebar.com/newintro.html

    HA! That's exactly what I need. Thanks. @=)

    Now, now be honest is it the chocolate or the Martinis or maybe a...


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  • RE: Read Uncommitted, locks, and transactions

    mythilimca89 (2/14/2012)


    i can't understand the question

    :w00t:

    I assume you're joking? If not, what in particular can't you understand?


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  • RE: Read Uncommitted, locks, and transactions

    Sean Lange (2/13/2012)


    Great question and excellent scenario setup. I am quite surprised that at the time I am posting there are 417 answers and 16% of them still think truncate...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Read Uncommitted, locks, and transactions

    jdamm (2/13/2012)


    I'll add another "Great Question" - I like the questions that make you sit and think about an answer, rather than either run a snippet of code or look...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GSquared (2/13/2012)


    kschwid (2/13/2012)


    I would just like to comment: Sometimes the people asking the question give enough information but the people trying to answer the question either don't understand and shouldn't...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Read Uncommitted, locks, and transactions

    To add for a moment to Paul's well answered posts, the Snapshot Isolation won't save you from the necessary locks for Truncate, but will save you from the necessary dirty...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Read Uncommitted, locks, and transactions

    cengland0 (2/13/2012)


    I've thought of creating a view that points to the table. Then, you can populate another table with the new information and then update the view to point...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Read Uncommitted, locks, and transactions

    Koen Verbeeck (2/12/2012)


    Nice question Craig, thanks!

    Thanks. I was concerned that I wouldn't explain the components well enough. Hopefully the scenario is clear and this doesn't end up as...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Indexed Views

    I'm afraid I have to agree with Hugo on this one. The wording of the question left me to believe it was intended to mean "without using specific hints"....


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Roy Ernest (2/10/2012)


    Thx for all the advice. Yes, they have plans for me to go higher up in the management. I have been asked to manage all Development teams and...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    bitbucket-25253 (2/9/2012)


    Koen Verbeeck (2/9/2012)


    Revenant (2/9/2012)


    L' Eomot Inversé (2/9/2012)


    MysteryJimbo (2/9/2012)


    HowardW (2/9/2012)


    MysteryJimbo (2/9/2012)


    Interesting fact: Historically, it used to be in the UK that people drank more beer than water as it was...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Ideal C: for SQL Server

    +1 for allocating a different drive for TempDB. C:\ is usually where your OS, installs, and Swapfile go. If tempdb starts getting hammered and memory drives the swapfile...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Please help on Logic

    A) Dynamic SQL should be used sparingly and with a specific intent to optimization, otherwise: kill it with fire. Even then, # tmps work just as well in dynamic...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: SP taking far longer to run than code within

    At a guess it's parameter sniffing and coming up with a generic plan that's 'bad'.

    Check out this blog by Gail Shaw for more information:

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2007/11/27/parameter-sniffing/


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Nesting Dateadd funtion

    print dateadd( ss, 60, DATEADD(hh, -6, DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()), 0)))

    OR

    print dateadd( n, 1, DATEADD(hh, -6, DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()), 0)))

    n = minute, m = month.


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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