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  • RE: What are your five most common T-SQL commands

    Here is a little ditty I coded up yesterday to return a quick and dirty difference comparison between two tables having identical column definition and overlapping rowsets. It's new, but...

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

  • RE: What are your five most common T-SQL commands

    We already have the SSMS Template Browser to cover commonly used commands and DMV queries.

    However, the MERGE statement is complicated enough that it could use a GUI helper, if that...

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

  • RE: Annual Security Compliance Training

    An hour long pre-recorded video covering generic IT security topics, something the employees watch alone from their desk during a lunch break, probably doesn't count for much, if they've seen...

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

  • RE: Is the SQL Server Profiler Reads Column Incorrect For Parallel Plans?

    Tim Walker. (8/21/2015)


    Eric M Russell (8/20/2015)


    GilaMonster (8/20/2015)


    Eric M Russell (8/20/2015)


    The two combined should sum near the same with two identical plans

    The logical reads should be the same with identical plans....

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

  • RE: The Road to Success

    GilaMonster (8/21/2015)


    podmate (8/20/2015)


    I have never worked for a tech employer that would pay you for training or encouraged you to train on company time (barring being sent offsite for training...

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

  • RE: The Road to Success

    Eric M Russell (8/20/2015)


    ZZartin (8/20/2015)


    Eric M Russell (8/20/2015)


    Jeff Moden (8/20/2015)


    Iwas Bornready (8/20/2015)


    I just worry about the programmers that want to "fix" something that isn't broken, just to make it more...

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

  • RE: Machine needs for developing and running sql

    Ben Whyall (8/20/2015)


    Thanks for all the help so far, this is a production backup that I have had to bring down onto my machine to look at this specific problem....

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

  • RE: Is the SQL Server Profiler Reads Column Incorrect For Parallel Plans?

    GilaMonster (8/20/2015)


    Eric M Russell (8/20/2015)


    The two combined should sum near the same with two identical plans

    The logical reads should be the same with identical plans. The physical reads may not....

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

  • RE: The Road to Success

    ZZartin (8/20/2015)


    Eric M Russell (8/20/2015)


    Jeff Moden (8/20/2015)


    Iwas Bornready (8/20/2015)


    I just worry about the programmers that want to "fix" something that isn't broken, just to make it more efficient. As often...

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

  • RE: The Road to Success

    Jeff Moden (8/20/2015)


    Iwas Bornready (8/20/2015)


    I just worry about the programmers that want to "fix" something that isn't broken, just to make it more efficient. As often as not they really...

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

  • RE: Is the SQL Server Profiler Reads Column Incorrect For Parallel Plans?

    Are you looking at logical or physical read counts? The two combined should sum near the same with two identical plans, but balance between them may differ depending on how...

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

  • RE: Machine needs for developing and running sql

    To optimizes the performance of queries against large tables, SQL Server utilizes a data page cache and read-ahead buffering to reduce physical reads (disk) and maximize logical reads (cache). This...

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

  • RE: How to Recover Database without Backup

    Luis Cazares (8/20/2015)


    Eric M Russell (8/20/2015)


    Hopefully there hasn't been much action on the server, since the database has been offline.

    Well, considering that it has been 6 years now since...

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

  • RE: How to Recover Database without Backup

    For users who have a habbit of dropping databases, I've found the following works too.

    ALTER SERVER ROLE [sysadmin] DROP MEMBER [username];

    And, if they know the password for 'SA' account, then...

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

  • RE: How to Recover Database without Backup

    I guess the real questions at this point is not "how to I recover a dropped database?" but rather "how do I recover a deleted file?".

    How Volume Shadow...

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

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