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  • RE: relative performance sizing/estimation

    sqlguy-736318 (12/6/2016)


    I'm trying to understand relative sizing for design conversation purposes. For example, in this context, would it be reasonable to state that?:

    * Selecting 1 row from 1 table...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Deny DML on a table

    krishnaroopa (12/6/2016)


    Hi all

    I have a table "test" in my "testdb" database. There is a user "user1"

    The user has access to all tables in the database.

    For this particular table...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: What do you do when you inherit a mess at work?

    This has actually been a recurring theme in my career, and my nature is a multi-phased blend of all three mentioned approaches: passive, then systemic, and finally nuclear. The first...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: relative performance sizing/estimation

    sqlguy-736318 (12/5/2016)


    I'm trying to get a better understanding of relative performance expectations for different types of queries. For example, given a typical SS configuration, what type of response time...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Right Stimulus

    I don't need any stimulus when I'm writing code or troubleshooting. It's the slower mundane days when I need caffeine.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: does ssms elapsed time display reflect true sproc run time?

    Total response time will depend on the client and network. For a web application, you may have 2 - 3 seconds of user perceived latency on top of a query...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Pressure to Compromise Ethics

    Gary Varga (12/5/2016)


    Eric M Russell (12/5/2016)


    corey lawson (12/2/2016)


    Hmm... like rebuilding an accidentally dropped table or managing to recover horked data in prod while using elevated permissions there and not telling...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Trying to not 'shrink' my DB

    Consider containing your staging tables in a separate database or file group, so they can the shrunk down without impacting your other application tables. It also prevents you from including...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Troubleshooting

    If it's the data file that's gorwing, then I would next run a query like the following to get allocation details on every table and index in the database.

    declare @object_name...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Troubleshooting

    First, is it the data file (type = ROWS) or the log file (type = LOG) that's grown in size?

    If it's the LOG file that's ballooned, then some large data...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Pressure to Compromise Ethics

    corey lawson (12/2/2016)


    Hmm... like rebuilding an accidentally dropped table or managing to recover horked data in prod while using elevated permissions there and not telling anyone I screwed it up...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Work/Training Balance - The hidden balancing act

    Where I work, I've recently suggested to management that we have weekly "lunch and learn" sessions. We will block off a couple of hours on a Friday for to DBA...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: How would you track an insert to a detail table in your main table

    Phil Parkin (12/2/2016)


    drew.allen (12/2/2016)


    Phil Parkin (12/2/2016)


    Just having a mind warp on how to insert into the address table and get that unique int value and put it into the correct...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: How would you track an insert to a detail table in your main table

    Sean Lange (12/2/2016)


    Eric M Russell (12/2/2016)


    Another issue is what to do when the Address already exists. Address is a separate entity from Employee, and it would break proper normalization to...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: First Class Jobs

    We don't need a Job Description Language, jobs can already be scripted out to T-SQL stored procedure commands. Likewise no need for a special Server Description Language; there are stored...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

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