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  • RE: insert into table with foreign key constraint

    In all fairness, it would be useful on occasion to have a feature, let's call it "Delayed Consistency", allowing one to perform multiple DML operations within an batch transaction, perhaps...

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

  • RE: Prod vs Dev execution mystery

    Compare the execution plan between the two servers for an identical query using same parameters.

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  • RE: how to avoid two updates hapens same table same time from two different procedures

    If this ID is a sequential integer, then use IDENTITY.

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  • RE: Fact table with hundred of columns - Any alternative?

    Ask yourself whether some of these cost and price related columns should really be attributes in a dimension, not measures on a fact table.

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

  • RE: Locking a table while being refreshed

    To block all readers suring your insert operation, either the TABLOCK or TABLOCKX hint will work.

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  • RE: Developer Deployment Frustrations

    If developers struggle to install and manage SQL Server on their local PC, imagine if they were left to manage the production database server? I guess it's like a DBA...

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  • RE: Error Logging Gone Wild

    Hi Andy,

    Let me run this past you.

    So, the problem as I understand it is that we really don't need to be informed 1,000,000 times that (for example) an ETL...

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  • RE: What do you do or think about on the way to work?

    First, I'll turn on the radio to NPR news (I hate political\entertainment talk radio and morning rock DJs shows). If there isn't a good feature on, then I'll switch over...

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  • RE: Very bad performance on a good HP DL380 Gen9 Server

    First thing, use a schema comparsion tool to confirm that all the indexes and code changes existing in development have been deployed to production.

    Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh272690(v=vs.103).aspx

    Open DBDiff

    http://opendbdiff.codeplex.com/

    RedGate SQL...

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  • RE: DBA Support

    How many databases does each DBA in your organization manage?

    Ha! That's a trick question.

    If you had asked how many database servers, then I could give you a total number...

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  • RE: How to force column explicitly to string type before we export to excel

    Jeff Moden (10/5/2016)


    komal145 (10/5/2016)


    i have check other tables and do lot of stuff to get this point . So , i have to do it in ssis.

    Not really. ...

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  • RE: A Software Warranty

    Maybe for an ISV, you have a group of developers who are always focussed on new development and then another team that does primarily maintenance and enhancement. However, everywhere I've...

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

  • RE: Choosing columns for Clustered Index.. Why it is so important?

    I'd also mention the issue of page splitting, fragmentation, fill factor, and how it all relates to choosing the optimal clustering key combination.

    https://sqlperformance.com/2015/04/sql-indexes/mitigating-index-fragmentation

    Imagine you're stacking books on a shelf sorted...

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  • RE: Get list of tables used in a stored procedure

    Like today, within SSMS Object Explorer, you can right click on a stored procedure, table, view, etc. and select 'View Dependencies'.

    Still there are occasions where it's useful to query...

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  • RE: How to force column explicitly to string type before we export to excel

    Phil Parkin (10/5/2016)


    If there is one feature I'd love to see added is the ability to stronly type worksheet columns, meaning for example that all values within a column would...

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