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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (7/30/2015)


    Grant Fritchey (7/30/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (7/30/2015)


    As I dig into this issue (Execution Plans HO!), I come across a thread in which one respondent posts a link to Gail's blog and...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (7/30/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (7/30/2015)


    As I dig into this issue (Execution Plans HO!), I come across a thread in which one respondent posts a link to Gail's blog and then...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (7/30/2015)


    Luis Cazares (7/30/2015)


    NOLOCK hints can be useful to get estimates of certain data.

    Yup. In fact I told some people recently to put nolock onto a bunch of queries. They...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (7/30/2015)


    ALZDBA (7/30/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (7/30/2015)


    ...EDIT: Seriously, can anyone give me a real reason why WITH (NOLOCK) might be functionally necessary for production code?

    To keep the answer brief and firm:...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (7/30/2015)


    Why oh why oh why do people insist on using WITH (NOLOCK) instead of doing things like setting transaction isolation levels or fixing indexes to resolve performance issues?

    Work...

  • RE: Looking for information on SSRS Reports

    It would be much faster to backup the ReportServer database and the encryption key and then to restore those on the new server. The encryption key is critical to recover...

  • RE: Query taking time

    PJ_SQL (7/29/2015)


    Hi,

    I have this script, it is taking long time to execute, what can I do to make it execute faster?

    DECLARE @c varchar(10)

    SET @c = '%A1%'

    select *

    from...

  • RE: Hiring for Culture

    Iwas Bornready (7/29/2015)


    Our interview process is to get technically qualified candidates down to 2 or 3. Then they are brought in to meet the IT team without the manager there....

  • RE: Hiring for Culture

    jckfla (7/29/2015)


    Certainly a person coming to work at a company that refuses to engage with others in any way outside of work can be a problem. We need to get...

  • RE: Max DB Size for SQL Server Express

    Mike Hays (7/29/2015)


    Sorry everyone!!!!

    I did leave a key element out of the question (as discussed in the last seven pages).

    Just arrive back from vacation to see my inbox flood with...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    DonlSimpson (7/29/2015)


    SQLRNNR (7/29/2015)


    Ray K (7/29/2015)


    whereisSQL? (7/29/2015)


    Major League

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (7/29/2015)


    Alvin Ramard (7/29/2015)


    GilaMonster (7/29/2015)


    Alvin Ramard (7/29/2015)


    GilaMonster (7/29/2015)


    I just love university logic.

    They send my student card by courier. They send request for guest count for grad via SMS and email.

    They...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/29/2015)


    I saw it was hundreds away. I thought I'd just try to get Jason going a bit.

    I posted that and stepped away for work knowing...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (7/29/2015)


    SQLRNNR (7/29/2015)


    And in breaking news...

    The thread is about to turn 50,000.

    Let the countdown begin.

    Am I missing something? Page header says 49730 posts.

    I know we like countdowns, but counting down...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    And in breaking news...

    The thread is about to turn 50,000.

    Let the countdown begin.

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