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  • RE: Transaction log size far exceeds database size when running delete

    Deleting rows in chunks is the way to go, but you also need to perform a checkpoint and transaction log backup between each iteration. That will insure that the inactive...

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  • RE: No R2

    Revenant (6/11/2013)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/11/2013)


    . . . I could see all kinds of quick analysis stuff moving because it's easier or quicker to throw something up in a...

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  • RE: No R2

    Gary Varga (6/11/2013)


    chrisn-585491 (6/11/2013)


    I can see a scenario where organizations turn to cloud based services to host their e-commerce database or quickly spin up some one-off analytical solution requested by...

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

  • RE: No R2

    chrisn-585491 (6/11/2013)


    Perhaps the death of WinForms is more than the passing of a reworked old technology but more the true passing of the client\server age.

    It's funny that WinForms is still...

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

  • RE: Update Performance

    Richie T (6/7/2013)


    Hi Guys,

    Any Ideas what the best way would be to perform this update?

    UPDATE

    D

    SETTrack_ID= P.Track_ID,

    Territory_ID= P.Territory_ID,

    Major= P.Major

    FROMStaging.Track_MappingP

    INNER JOINStaging.Track_PlayD

    ONP.ISRC= D.ISRC_Code

    ANDP.Event_Date= D.Event_Date

    Both tables have around 63 million rows and have numerous...

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  • RE: The Watson Service

    How long before Microsoft has a similar service that might troubleshoot issues with products, perhaps even working with developers to find bugs and workarounds. I'd imagine that this service would...

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  • RE: No R2

    jcrawf02 (6/10/2013)


    Grant Fritchey (6/10/2013)


    After visiting TechEd, I'm more and more convinced, the damn is going to break and we'll see tons of people using Azure, or, Microsoft is going to...

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

  • RE: No R2

    Oh, those of us who just finished our 2012 certifications are looking forward to this.

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

  • RE: The Decision to Fail

    Failover clusters are a good idea, but don't let your SAN be a single point of failure. Years ago, I worked at a place which actually had invested in a...

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

  • RE: The Beer Cooler Thread

    L' Eomot Inversé (6/8/2013)


    mtillman-921105 (6/8/2013)


    I found that I can buy Chimay's Red Cap beer at my local liquor store! It's terrific, but pricey. The bottle even had a...

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  • RE: Allowing users to directly query data mart

    Brian Carlson (6/6/2013)


    The views option would work if we could prevent them from joining views. There might be a way to prevent that but I'm not sure how. I read...

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

  • RE: Quickly Copy Data

    krowley (6/6/2013)


    Put the files on a USB drive and drop it in the mail or get in your car and drive them to the other location. :hehe:

    I was about to...

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  • RE: Allowing users to directly query data mart

    Brian Carlson (6/5/2013)


    Agreed about the problems with allowing non-technical users access. One of the requirements to get login permissions will be passing a SQL Query exam though. Of course, user's...

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

  • RE: Break a String apart

    You can use REPLACE() function to strip character sequences from a varchar column like so:

    select replace( col1, '@DAR', '' );

    You can also use the LIKE operator to return (or check)...

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

  • RE: Allowing users to directly query data mart

    From my experience, it's a waste of time to allow non-technical users to run ad-hoc queries against a database. What will typically happen is that they'll run a bunch of...

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

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