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  • RE: Naming Confusion

    Executive managment has requested that available MB disk storage (zero padded to 10 digits) be appended to the end of all server names. You know... as a convenience for the...

  • RE: Naming Confusion

    dmbaker (5/21/2015)


    Eric M Russell (5/21/2015)


    Why is including location in server name important for some?

    Because when I'm querying a London server from Seattle, I like to know that I can step...

  • RE: Naming Confusion

    Why is including location in server name important for some?

  • RE: Naming Confusion

    Server names that include it's physical location are problematic when the server is relocated to a different data center. Like wise a name like MSSQL2012 is problematic when it's upgraded....

  • RE: Controlling Alerts

    Gary Varga (5/21/2015)


    A recent client had a system where known potential faults, e.g. missing data that cause overnight job failures, had a documented resolution. These resolutions where not aimed at...

  • RE: SQL 2012 table read performance

    Tom_Sacramento (5/20/2015)


    Yes, limited columns gives much better performance

    It looks like the results are for a handful of tables in MASTER database. When running the script, change context to database containing...

  • RE: SQL 2012 table read performance

    GilaMonster (5/20/2015)


    Grant Fritchey (5/20/2015)


    SELECT TOP 10 without any kind of ORDER BY or WHERE clause? If so, that's going to result in an index scan.

    Shouldn't be too much of...

  • RE: SQL 2012 table read performance

    When a table scan occurs, do the pages read equate to the total 20 GB size of the table? If so, then that explains why a table scanning query would...

  • RE: Help fro interview question

    meerack11 (5/20/2015)


    Hello...

    I am currently looking for job as sql developer company gives sql query to solve so can you help me where I can find real time scenario...

  • RE: Sql server random slow query

    mdsantos (5/20/2015)


    The Hint FORCESEEK, seems to do the trick.

    Analysing the "bad" execution plan, I notice that the searches where done with index scan instead of index seek, incresing drastically the...

  • RE: Anyway to connect to Oracle on the fly without tnsnames entry?

    Mr Corn Man (5/20/2015)


    Yes, the registry change was on the server. I have access to do that, but not to the tnsnames. Go figure.

    It's neat that you got openrowset on...

  • RE: Anyway to connect to Oracle on the fly without tnsnames entry?

    Mr Corn Man (5/20/2015)


    ...

    In addition to this query, part of the solution required me to add a registry DWORD value for the OraOLEDB.Oracle provider. That registry value was DisallowAdHocAccess with...

  • RE: Controlling Alerts

    Routing late night operational alerts is one thing, but from a DevOps perspective, we also have the power to auto-fix certain issues without even raising an alert. For example, if...

  • RE: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    SQLRNNR (5/19/2015)


    Along the lines of interview questions, let's just throw this question out there.

    If you are hiring for a senior position, you create an exam for the position, you require...

  • RE: Anyway to connect to Oracle on the fly without tnsnames entry?

    Regardless of method, first the Oracle client, at least the Instant Client, must be installed on the SQL Server box.

    For a linked server connection, you'll need a TNSNAME....

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