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  • RE: The Case for Upgrading

    Years ago I was involved in a SQL Server 2000 -> 2005 migration. There was a 3rd party hardware interface application that would not connect to SQL Server 2005. From...

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

  • RE: No More Foreign Keys?

    The purpose of foreign keys are understood by all here.

    But, aside from it's impact on bulk load performance (typically not an issue for OLTP databases), can someone recap what...

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  • RE: The Case for Upgrading

    Just curious what type of code changes would be needed for a MS Access application originally designed for SQL Server 2005 to support SQL Server 2014 ?

    Of course the connection...

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  • RE: No More Foreign Keys?

    RonKyle (9/2/2015)


    We all just need to come to terms with the fact that application programmers have a need to locally persist things like shopping carts, messaging, or just generic objects....

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

  • RE: No More Foreign Keys?

    We all just need to come to terms with the fact that application programmers have a need to locally persist things like shopping carts, messaging, or just generic objects. It...

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

  • RE: No More Foreign Keys?

    I've seen cases when someone was attempt to use the Import Wizzard to load a table and accidentally checked the option 'Delete Existing' instead of 'Append', or where a miscoded...

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  • RE: Byte Me: Bad Code

    Psst! Hey Buddy! You wanna buy some source code?

    Yuck, who let a sales repsentative for Red Hat wander into the data center? 😀

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  • RE: No More Foreign Keys?

    Apparently app programmers building a persistance layer think they're real database developers. 😛

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  • RE: Upgraded from 2008 to 2014, queries slowed to a crawl

    First, use a schema comparison tool between the old and new database to confirm all indexes were migrated over.

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  • RE: Can't release space of temdb

    Welsh Corgi (9/1/2015)


    Ed Wagner (9/1/2015)


    Finding performance problems can be difficult. Fixing them can be difficult. However, it doesn't usually matter how hard it is to find or fix...

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  • RE: Can't release space of temdb

    Welsh Corgi (9/1/2015)


    Unfortunately that is not a quick fix.

    They are running a lot of SP's that use Temp tables. Hundreds...

    Here are a few TEMPDB related scripts from my toolbox.

    This...

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  • RE: Can't release space of temdb

    Welsh Corgi (9/1/2015)


    Eric M Russell (8/31/2015)


    Welsh Corgi (8/31/2015)


    Eric M Russell (8/31/2015)


    TEMPDB will automatically shrink whenever SQL Server is restarted, which might be most reliable way to do this, if needed....

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  • RE: Software Estimates

    Estimating an IT development project help if you start with a framework. For example, in the home construction industry, unless you're going for a multi-million dollar Frank Lloyd Wright style...

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  • RE: Software Estimates

    The idea of telling a computer to do x seems more bounded and contained than other professions, but it's really not. This is often because developers don't get a complete...

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  • RE: No More Foreign Keys?

    Iwas Bornready (8/31/2015)


    I wouldn't know what do do without foreign keys.

    I have some idea of what doo doo would happen without foreign keys.

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