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  • RE: Best practice when to use an index

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    Always, always, always cluster/primary key the ident in a reference table.


    OK, I have a table...

  • RE: Does Your SP Choke on Errors

    Robert,

    I would generally consider selecting from a non-existant table to be a bug rather than an error.

    In cases where it can be a legitemate programming error I would tend to...

  • RE: Does Your SP Choke on Errors

    If your store procedure fails before hitting a RETURN statement then the return value will be zero. This is the same value that you have used if your stored...

  • RE: Best practice when to use an index

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    reminds me of some evil joke with mathematicians and algebraic sign errors.


    Not "Solution...

  • RE: Best practice when to use an index

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    Just thinking off the wall for a moment, would a stored procedure with a case statment containing the values be quicker?


  • RE: Best practice when to use an index

    I always put a primary key on tables even if I have to use an identity column to force one. Thinking back to my MS Access days the SQL...

  • RE: Best practice when to use an index

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    .. If its an internet app then not very much x huge audience = major headache.

    Not sure if I get the meaning

    Cheers,

    Frank

  • RE: Best practice when to use an index

    I would tend to index the table on principle but if it is virtually static I would make sure that the index has a very high fill factor.

    As you will...

  • RE: 6502

    Is this the return of the VIC 20?

  • RE: SQL and IIS on the same Box?

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    SQL Server can run perfectly fine if it's not an administrator on the system.


    I think...

  • RE: How long would a backup take?

    I think you need to be careful here. Although 15hours to back-up a 30Gb database does sound too long it sounds like the back-up of your SQL Server is...

  • RE: SQL and IIS on the same Box?

    I used to work on an HP3000 mini computer where the console was the ultimate controller of the mini, then there were administrators and finally users.

    There used to be a...

  • RE: SQL and IIS on the same Box?

    Thanks for your comments.

    My concern with "properly" locking down a server, be it SQL, IIS or whatever is where do you learn to do it "properly"?

    I've read a...

  • RE: QOD 6/17

    I don't think the question has a single correct answer. I think this one is a case of "an" answer rather than "the" answer.

    Having had to do this for...

  • RE: Clustering and Performance

    From a financial perspective Active/Passive is cheaper as the licensing is for the Active instance.

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