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  • RE: SQL Server 2005 cpu at 100%

    Initial reaction to any CXPacket problem on a global scale is that it's not the CXPacket's fault. Something is delaying one of the parallelism threads and that's the real...


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  • RE: Partitioning on a computed column (int based)

    charles99 (10/31/2012)


    Thanks Craig. I know it was an open ended question...but I had to ask. 🙂

    LOL, fair enough. There's possibly a couple of people around here who could give...


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  • RE: Storing Files greater than 8000 bytes

    Can you expand on what you're looking for a little bit?

    File storage is usually done in VARBINARY(MAX). Under most scenarios the front end should be delivering/retrieving these files, not...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Using SUM(1) to count Rows (vs Count(1))

    Yeah, it's not horribly uncommon. An example of when I usually use it:

    SUM( CASE WHEN x=y THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS FilteredCount

    What kind of performance difference are you...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Not enough work?

    John8990 (10/23/2012)


    Just curious, has anyone ever had to quit a job because they just can't keep you busy?:doze:

    Quit? No. I use those downtimes to self-train, explore for new...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Hurricane Sandy

    Got family all over NY/NJ. Still trying to reach one of them, though I know the power was going down so my guess is her cell simply perma-died. ...


    - 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: Partitioning on a computed column (int based)

    charles99 (10/30/2012)


    Great Thanks! Clearly I am not understanding partitioning all that well then.

    Don't feel bad. I've been working with it off and on for the last 2-3 years and...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Does create Index on nvarchar(max) allowed

    No.

    For starters, you want to go here:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188783(v=sql.105).aspx

    In particular:

    Up to 16 columns can be combined into a single composite index key. All the columns in a composite index key must be...


    - 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: Get last row based on duplicate column

    ChrisM@home (10/28/2012)


    This has already been answered but it's interesting that the logical requirement exactly matches an existing function which isn't used in any of the solutions offered. What you're looking...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Partitioning on a computed column (int based)

    Partitioning, in general, is an administrative tool and not a development or optimization tool. While you do need to make sure your partitioning is included in optimization of existing...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Is it "better" to specify the definition of a temporary table, or just define it on the fly?

    I did a bit of testing on this a while ago, and could probably recreate the scenarios, but here's where I ended up.

    SELECT INTO #tmp

    and

    CREATE TABLE #Tmp INSERT...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I was recently assaulted in a dark alley by some Ransomware, Tom, so I feel your pain. It took me a few bouts of safe mode and random timing...


    - 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: Upgraded Package from 2k5 to 2k8 with configuration having problems with driver swap

    Andy Leonard (10/30/2012)


    Can you send me one of the offending packages? My email address is my firstname.lastname *at* gmail.

    Email sent. Thanks for looking at this for me Andy.


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  • RE: Stored procedure execution from within a data retrieval select statements.

    bkatoch (10/30/2012)


    The end result of this task is to track inventory movements by quarter. I realize my approach to this task is not very efficient but it's the only way...


    - 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: Upgraded Package from 2k5 to 2k8 with configuration having problems with driver swap

    Checked the XML on the source file. First I removed the data source entirely (though two of my other configurations are relying on it) and checked the XML.

    I can...


    - 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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