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  • RE: Monitoring tools

    Jean, please don't reply to 3 year old threads.

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
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  • RE: Database can't be in two Availablity Groups

    1) Things you don't want to failover together should be in different AGs.

    2) Note also that you need to be on a certain build of .NET to be able to...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Index rebuild maintenance plan

    Sarah Wagner (6/30/2014)


    Skip maintenance plans for index rebuilds. Use this http://ola.hallengren.com/sql-server-index-and-statistics-maintenance.html.

    +1000000 for Ola's stuff. NEVER EVER use maintenance plans, ESPECIALLY for index maintenance!!!!!

    Best,
    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: SQL 2012 Memory Leak?

    They rewrote the memory management system for SQL 2012 and there were definitely bugs. I would check the post SP1 CUs and/or SP2 for additional issues that may not...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Unique Indexes Are Code; Non-Unique Indexes Are Data

    There is no such rule. And even as a guideline, it sucks. Whoever said that should be banned from the SQL Server world for the next nine official matches and...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: setting MAX Size To Tempdb - NO AUTO GROWTH

    This is a 4 year old thread. Please start a new one with your specific questions. Thanks!

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: help with filtering criteria/ make it sargable

    Lynn Pettis (6/27/2014)


    Here is a quick rewrite of the query:

    SELECT

    [Customer No_],

    SUM(CASE YEAR(cle.[Posting Date])

    -- ...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Stored Procedure Performance

    cbrammer1219 (6/27/2014)


    So let me ask what is the best approach for setting up a Data mart as it looks like I am going to be the one to do this,...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Stored Procedure Performance

    1) Don't name stored procedures "sp_..."

    2) consider updating the data in a single pass (possibly during load since this is part of a staging process?!?) so you can greatly simply...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Importing data from SQL Server 6.5 to SQL Server 2000

    1) Try to find out the EXACT spot/query/process where the DTS package is hanging and see if you can fix the root cause. If you have source code maybe...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Unique Indexes Are Code; Non-Unique Indexes Are Data

    Sorry, but what you propose doing is, in my experience, DISASTROUSLY BAD!!!

    1) No where did I see mention of things like "duplicate", "overlapping", etc. The missing indexes...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Build test spoofed data

    Once you hand-craft the data and get it the way you want you can:

    a) just save off the insert scripts you created to build said data

    or

    b) use util_generate_inserts to...

    Best,
    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: sequence

    Why do you need a wizard? Just review Books Online for the Syntax and create it yourself. It isn't that difficult.

    Also, I am not even sure there IS a...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: Locks

    SQLSteve (6/25/2014)


    I understand SQL locking ,the different types and when they are used.

    But, If a user was to open a table in management studio for editing, does this place a...

    Best,
    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: query to return all proc calls in order for timerange

    Extended events or profiler is only way I know. You cannot use queries into the DMVs because I think they can have data removed due to memory management needs...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

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