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  • RE: How to get records batch wise?

    Rows are not guaranteed to return in any specific order unless you specify an ORDER BY clause. Please provide the DDL for the table so we have a better picture...

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

  • RE: Edit a Clustered index

    Changing the clustered key from a ramdom GUID to a sequenial integer will help prevent page splits, so that that helps reduce I/O and blocking during inserts. It appears that...

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

  • RE: Design a Better SQL Server Pricing Model

    Wayne West (1/21/2016)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2016)


    ... With connection pooling, the number of SPIDs won't measure the total number of "users" or "seats", but counting concurrent SPIDs can be used to...

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

  • RE: Apple iMac- Compatibility of SQL Server, Business Intelligence and other Microsoft Developer tools

    Wayne West (1/21/2016)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2016)


    Also, Microsoft TechNet provides pre-configured virtual labs (a browser based on-demand VM) to go along with topical step-by-step instructional videos. You only need a Microsoft...

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

  • RE: Design a Better SQL Server Pricing Model

    ZZartin (1/21/2016)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2016)


    Alex Gay (1/21/2016)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2016)


    How about a licensing model that simply charges for and caps the number of concurrent connections or non-system session SPIDs without...

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

  • RE: Apple iMac- Compatibility of SQL Server, Business Intelligence and other Microsoft Developer tools

    Also, Microsoft TechNet provides pre-configured virtual labs (a browser based on-demand VM) to go along with topical step-by-step instructional videos. You only need a Microsoft Live login ID to spin...

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

  • RE: Find foreign alphabet characters in a column

    When you say "foreign", I assume you mean identifying any characters not belonging to the Latin General language. Maybe I'm way off base, but as a first stab, experiment to...

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

  • RE: Design a Better SQL Server Pricing Model

    Alex Gay (1/21/2016)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2016)


    How about a licensing model that simply charges for and caps the number of concurrent connections or non-system session SPIDs without concern for number of...

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

  • RE: Deploying Database Scripts

    What I've done is create a change order ticket for each deployment. ServiceNow happens to be the production control system we use. Within the source control system for each project...

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

  • RE: Design a Better SQL Server Pricing Model

    How about a licensing model that simply charges for and caps the number of concurrent connections or non-system session SPIDs without concern for number of cores, distinct users (CAL), or...

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

  • RE: Find Latest Date from Multiple Columns

    Eirikur Eiriksson (1/20/2016)


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    Quite impressive, 28 operators in the execution plan, parallel execution, four full table scans and I'm now putting out the fire ignited by the CPU when running this...

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

  • RE: Find Latest Date from Multiple Columns

    Here you go. It's entirely possibly for multiple rows, or multiple columns within the same row, to tie for having highest date, so it will potentially return multiple rows in...

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

  • RE: Hard Data v Gut Feel

    "Gut Feel"? There is a pill for that.

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

  • RE: Apple iMac- Compatibility of SQL Server, Business Intelligence and other Microsoft Developer tools

    Jonathan-Fussell (1/20/2016)


    I am a Linux user at home (MS Environment at work), I use Crossover (by Codeweavers) to run windows programs and it works really well. They make a version...

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

  • RE: The DBA Tax

    Someone should do a spoof of the mockumentary film 'A Day Without a Mexican'. The premise and title would be: 'A Day Without a DBA'.

    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/day_without_a_mexican

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

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