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  • RE: What is the perfect Index , in this special case

    Abhilash T (6/3/2012)


    Hi All,

    I have a table with lots columns(all columns not included here).

    CREATE TABLE DBO.DAYSPECIALS(

    DAYSPECAILSKEY BIGINT ,---PK FIEL

    ........ --SOME INFO COUMNS

    ISAPPLIEDFORSPECIFICDAYS BIT,

    ISSUNDAY BIT,

    ISMONDAY BIT,

    ISTUESDAY BIT,

    ISWEDNESDAY BIT,

    ISTHURSDAY BIT,

    ISFRIDAY BIT,

    ISSATURDAY...

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

  • RE: New Security Holes

    I understand that the goal is to translate voice commands into web search or iPhone commands, but I don't see why it's necessary to steam the actual voice over to...

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  • RE: Career Engagement

    hisakimatama (6/1/2012)


    Hm, 5 to 7 years? Not too bad :-). I can suffice off of what I make now pretty well, so there's no rush at the moment....

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

  • RE: Career Engagement

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/1/2012)


    Ugh, my apologies. In the copy/paste, I lost C somehow.

    The option was supposed to be c) get me out of here ASAP

    In the case of...

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

  • RE: Career Engagement

    Christopher Reed (5/31/2012)


    Steve,

    I'm just curious. What was "c"? You never listed it in the editorial.

    I was just about to post the same question.

    Based on the logical...

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

  • RE: sp_getapplock useful?

    I've actually never leveraged sp_getapplock nor even encountered it, and I've seen a lot of databases code. However, I have seen situations where developers have implemented their own concurrent "locking"...

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

  • RE: A Break from Data

    It's rare that I'll see a truly great science fiction film. What I'm talking about is a film that's a great adaptation of a great sci-fi novel. Most of the...

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  • RE: A brief overview of mechanisms to "export to excel" - which do you use, which do you prefer?

    allmhuran (5/10/2012)


    ...

    COMMAND LINE BASE SOLUTIONS

    OPTION: output to text file using bcp/sqlcmd

    ISSUES: prone to special character problems, like tabs, commas, newlines etc embedded in large text coulumns such as memos,...

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

  • RE: A Break from Data

    A couple of weeks back, I went to see "Mirror, Mirror" with my wife and kids. I went into it with only luke warm expectations, but it actually turned out...

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

  • RE: Too much space for each row

    My first guess is that it would be the result of index fragmentation or page splits.

    SQL Server Fragmentation The Basics

    http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/02/index-fragmentation-findings-part-1-the-basics/

    Also, you may want to consider moving your LOB...

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

  • RE: Table data Corrupted

    How to troubleshoot a Msg 823 error in SQL Server

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2015755

    To start, SQL Server 2008+ contains a system table called SUSPECT_PAGES that maintains information about suspect pages and their error...

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

  • RE: Old, but stable

    Markus (5/16/2012)


    Not enough really. I don't think a CIO/CEO would say that is acceptable if someone wreaked havoc on that SQL Server install or stole data from it and...

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

  • RE: Old, but stable

    Markus (5/16/2012)


    The big problem with running it beyond 2014 is that if a virus comes out that effects SQL2000 Microsoft will no longer create a fix for it. THAT...

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

  • RE: Fill factor on historical table

    rafael_si (5/14/2012)


    Hello Eric,

    Since my business key do not duplicate, the identity column is not necessary, is it?

    No, it's not necessary. Having LoadDateTime + ID would just be an alternative...

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

  • RE: Where are the good Senior Level DBA's?

    Elliott Whitlow (5/10/2012)


    Lynn Pettis (5/10/2012)


    Anyone tuning the query by not looking at IO and Time statistics and query plan would immediately fail.

    Guess I'd fail here. First things I look...

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

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