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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    ChrisM@home (3/14/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (3/14/2010)


    Steve Jones - Editor (3/14/2010)


    Congrats, Paul and Jason.

    Err - just Paul. Not sure what Jason has done for Congrats.

    Plugging Monty Python? Got a packet of wafer-thin mints...

  • RE: Cannot Shrink Database

    Since your estimated pages and used pages are the same - that could be an indicator as to why.

    Sometimes I update stats or rebuild indexes - and then the shrink...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (3/14/2010)


    Congrats, Paul and Jason.

    Err - just Paul. Not sure what Jason has done for Congrats.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (3/14/2010)


    Congrats, Paul and Jason.

    Those QODs and posts add up, though be careful of burnout. I've seen this happen before a few times. Do what you enjoy,...

  • RE: SQL Server Consolidation

    Welsh Corgi (3/14/2010)


    This was back in 2008 Timeframe that this issue initially came up.

    Then they ran out of money and the project was put on hold

    Is the project back on...

  • RE: SQL Server Consolidation

    Paul White (3/14/2010)


    Welsh Corgi (3/14/2010)


    ...the guy that wanted the blades was using low temperature as one of the justifications for selecting that type hardware.

    They may well have improved since 2007-8....

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Paul White (3/14/2010)


    Where have all the questions gone? Seems very quiet...perhaps too quiet...

    They were scared away like those silly english k-niggits. Sir Robin Bravely ran away. He...

  • RE: SQL Server Consolidation

    We too are moving to blades. I know of a few others that have recently moved to blades - and they have found the performance to be phenomenally better...

  • RE: Cannot Shrink Database

    Fraggle-805517 (3/13/2010)


    Alright, so I know have 3 seperate people telling me that dbcc shrinkfile will shrink the file lower than the inital file size.

    However, if you read my first post,...

  • RE: SQL Monitoring Tools

    GTR (3/13/2010)


    If cost is the constraint, then you can set up traces in SQL itself in SQL 2008. Else i would recommend SCOM for Jobs, Disk space, Memory, cluster services...

  • RE: Attribute to identify system databases

    Jeff Moden (3/13/2010)


    Steve Jones - Editor (3/13/2010)


    ... and if MS listens, I hope we get a tempdb for each db

    Lordy, I hope that doesn't happen. Imagine trying to correctly...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Paul White (3/13/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (3/13/2010)


    lmu92 (3/13/2010)


    @paul-2: CONGRATULATION to be one of the top 25!

    Congrats indeed. He's been making a mad push lately.

    Top 25 overall? I will have to go...

  • RE: The Corporate Borg

    Information and knowledge sharing is one thing. At the other end of the spectrum is being mindlessly assimilated like the borg. You just do as you are told,...

  • RE: Find all objects that use this view?

    WayneS (3/13/2010)


    The 2005/2008 query that I use is:

    select OBJECT_NAME(object_id), *

    from sys.all_sql_modules

    where definition like '%<your search phrase goes here>%'

    If I want to limit the results to just views,...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (3/13/2010)


    Paul White (3/12/2010)


    Jeff Moden (3/12/2010)


    We're rootin' for ya!

    * snigger *

    See the entry for root here

    Isn't it amazing how one perfectly innocent term in one culture means something completely different...

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