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  • RE: Strange performance difference between SQL Compatibility levels (100 vs. 90)

    There are a lot of moving parts to consider but I have seen such behavior before.

    First you have to prove your point - to yourself, not to me 😀

    Take a...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: A DBA's Daily routine (and other items...)

    John Waclawski (4/21/2010)


    he is very willing to show me what he's working on IF[/b] I ask.

    so... keep asking 🙂

    On the other hand, 90% of the time a DBA has to...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: 200+ Oracle tables to move to SQL (SSIS)

    MG-148046 (4/21/2010)Honestly, I completely forgot about it 😀

    No worries - it happens to me all the time 😉

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Merging two SQL databases into one

    jaideep.balekar (4/20/2010)


    Any help would be highly appreciated.

    Something tells me there are two databases because there are two different applications and two different sets of business rules.

    Integrating systems is not a...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: which is better?

    parthi-1705 (4/21/2010)


    Which is faster

    Insert/Delete/Update/Select

    how ?

    Which is Slower

    Insert/Delete/Update/select

    why ?

    well... it all depends of what you are trying to accomplish... if you want to add a new row to...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Is Primary key clustered index different from Unique key clustered index??

    Paul White NZ (4/20/2010)


    PaulB-TheOneAndOnly (4/20/2010)


    Statement is correct but, it is good to remember PKs are built on top of not-null columns because PKs are there to enforce referential integrity.

    While we...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Alter table on-the-fly

    Trybbe (4/21/2010)


    What i need to do is import data from table2 into table1, now I need alter table code that I can incoporate in my pocedure so that when table2...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: 200+ Oracle tables to move to SQL (SSIS)

    may I ask why not "SQL Server Migration Assistant"?

    It's free and was specifically designed for Oracle to SQL Server migration.

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Is Primary key clustered index different from Unique key clustered index??

    Perry Whittle (4/20/2010)


    The thing is the PK is unique (it has to be) but a unique key is a different kettle of fish altogether as it can allow NULLs

    Yes!... wait...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Logshipping

    I'm having a hard time to figure out how such environment may provide a valid platform for log shipping testing.

    Log shipping is meant to happen in between two servers linked...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Is Primary key clustered index different from Unique key clustered index??

    WayneS (4/20/2010)


    So, would it be safe to say that the only difference between these is that a PK can only be applied to columns defined as NOT NULL, while unique...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Missing last 2 Days records ..How can i recover ..

    As already pointed - unfortunately - data is gone.

    I would review backup and restore histories to check if eventually somebody took a manual backup after the last scheduled one and,...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: SM for SQL v/s SQL native backup/restore

    Ananda-292708 (4/19/2010)


    any luck :crying:

    Sorry - we take native backup them let NetBackup to move files to tape. Works like a charm.

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Stored procedure Logic

    Mohammed Mohsin-392707 (4/16/2010)I am not so good at SQL coding and need your help in writing a SP

    Are you familiar with "insert into ... select ... from ... where ..."...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: ETL: 22 char unique key in source to 16 char unique key in target?

    Crazy idea... redefine key in target database, make it 22 chars in lenght.

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.

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