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  • RE: memory

    I'd start with server properties in SSMS and have a good old read here:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181453.aspx

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  • RE: Magic Quadrant for Monitoring Software?

    Sadly dont have a specific answer but would it be worth trialing the different monitors out there to see how they fit? We dont rely on one tool in...

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  • RE: general

    NULL is basically unknown, so for example, 1 cant be not equal to NULL as we dont know what NULL is, for that same reason and perhaps more to the...

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  • RE: Rebuild index maintenance plan

    I think the last couple of paragraphs sum it up perfectly!

    'Although this gives you a lot more flexibility in controlling your database maintenance it would have been nice if they...

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  • RE: Rebuild index maintenance plan

    No I havent ran the plan yet, I normally do them via a script (or manually in some cases!) checking page_count and fragmentation from DMV's.

    Just wanted to know...

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  • RE: How to exclude rows that have a specific column blank

    WHERE firstname IS NOT NULL?

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  • RE: SSIS Scheduled Job Completes in 2 Seconds

    There is a setting, which I cannot remember, where you have to specify the job to fail when the package does. Apologies I just cant think off the top...

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  • RE: DMV's

    Used to use sys.dm_os_wait_stats a lot before we got Idera - the reality is though that I use so many of them!!! Index usage stats and physical stats for...

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  • RE: SSIS Scheduled Job Completes in 2 Seconds

    Is there error-handling inside the package trapping a potential error?

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  • RE: Dynamic query validation before executing

    Rather than looking to validate first, can you not use TRY...CATCH and then use ERROR_MESSAGE, ERROR_NUMBER for example?

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  • RE: How will work with(nolock) option in select queries

    Quite often you will see things like NOLOCK to improve performance however the massive disadvantage of using it is that queries could well see inconsistent (lets say incorrect) data. ...

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  • RE: EMERGENCY MODE

    ALTER DATABASE [dbname] SET ONLINE

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  • RE: SQL 2008 - Remove cluster node

    Thanks that was the part i was missing that by evicted a node in Windows, you didnt have to do anything in SQL.

    Never had the pleasure thus far so wanted...

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  • RE: How to prevent ANY use of xp_CmdShell?

    I am a big fan of it but I am beginning to think that SSIS is possibly the root of all evil...

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  • RE: Switch Connection

    Apologies, I didnt see the 'source database' - had another thought:

    Would it be possible to use a script task to populate a variable (or variables) which is then used as...

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