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  • RE: Page Life Expectancy is too low

    I have no idea where you got that formula from, but I personally never use PLE any longer for monitoring. I would not be concerned at all about your...

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    Kevin G. Boles
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  • RE: Merge two tables into one.

    If you want a one-row-one-row combination you could use a cursor on each table and walk through the rows spitting out a new row with all of the relevant fields...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
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  • RE: Idera SQL Safe tool help - how to remove records from the repository or from alerts

    This sounds like a post for the Idera support forums/team. If you can't find a configuration somewhere (app, config file, etc) you could try uninstall/reinstall perhaps.

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
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  • RE: regarding replace function

    That's one of my favorites!! 😀

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
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    TheSQLGuru on googles mail service

  • RE: regarding replace function

    ...erg...

    Now THERE'S a word I haven't heard since I completed my BS in Physics!! Good one!:hehe:

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
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  • RE: regarding replace function

    sqldriver (2/14/2014)


    TheSQLGuru (2/14/2014)


    sqldriver (2/14/2014)


    TheSQLGuru (2/13/2014)


    The biggest problem I have seen at clients along this type of need is not having a WHERE clause so you only update rows that actually...

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

  • RE: regarding replace function

    sqldriver (2/14/2014)


    TheSQLGuru (2/13/2014)


    The biggest problem I have seen at clients along this type of need is not having a WHERE clause so you only update rows that actually HAVE at...

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

  • RE: Slow running query

    peter.cox (2/14/2014)


    funnily enough I've been thinking along the same lines, but the joins are so complex, with the tables at the bottom of the script joining four or five others...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
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  • RE: Slow running query

    Not much to go on here, but first thing I would do is put OPTION (RECOMPILE) on that big mess of a query. If that isn't a repeatable magic...

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    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
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  • RE: Need some advice on increasing performance of a stored procedure

    I have REMOVED indexed from temp tables at clients probably 10 times as often as I have ADDED them to enhance performance. The two main times I have found...

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

  • RE: regarding replace function

    The biggest problem I have seen at clients along this type of need is not having a WHERE clause so you only update rows that actually HAVE at least one...

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

  • RE: Need some advice on increasing performance of a stored procedure

    dndaughtery (2/13/2014)


    I have a stored procedure that is timing out. I have added indexes but it still isn't working as it should. Any advice is appreciated:

    USE [AXInquiry]

    GO

    /****** Object: StoredProcedure...

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    Kevin G. Boles
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  • RE: Bad performance when using parameterized query with like in where clause.

    sqlTobi (2/13/2014)


    With plan guides just including a recompile hint the querries work pretty fast with only a few reads.

    The like operator is now be evaluated as a seek predicate.

    I'm wondering...

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

  • RE: gaps in the identity column

    Remember too that there is no guarantee that you won't have gaps in identity values for other reasons, such as transaction rollbacks. If you need no gaps, you need...

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

  • RE: TempDB datafiles

    1) You can actually make physical file access be SLOWER by having too many files on too few (sometimes just ONE) spindles. I have seen this over and over...

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

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