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  • RE: NoSQL is Not the Answer

    Just because a database platform is good enough for Facebook or Google, that doesn't mean it's good enough for online banking or e-commerce. I believe that financial and operational data,...

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

  • RE: Avoiding Logging

    So after the staging server has finsihed updating it's copy of the database, you do what with the synonymns on the production server? Point your queries to a different database?

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

  • RE: Avoiding Logging

    Generally speaking, transaction logging is trivial during the normal day to day operations of a OLTP database, especially if the log files are on separate storage from data files.

    If...

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

  • RE: Avoiding Logging

    [Jim].[dba].[Murphy] (3/10/2011)


    mmmm. Not sure about that. A log truncation could have bad side effects if any part of that database is used by others; rows being modified in...

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

  • RE: Avoiding Logging

    Carl B. (3/9/2011)


    It could be helpfull to avoid logging in scenario where you want to "UPGRADE" the data in a BD with numerous conversions script:

    1- You take a full backup...

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

  • RE: Quality Over Timing

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/9/2011)


    Mark W Johnson (3/9/2011)


    I don't see my job as writing code so much as solving the user's problem through code; my job is to help...

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

  • RE: Quality Over Timing

    This piece is a few years old, and it talks about how quality has become more important at many large software vendors. Looking back across the five years since the...

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

  • RE: Avoiding Logging

    Those of us who were developing applications in FoxPro, MS Access, or some other ISAM platform back in the 80's and early 90's know the perils of a transactionally inconsistent...

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

  • RE: Avoiding Logging

    Transaction logging usually isn't an issue unless you're inserting 100,000+ records one.. at.. a.. time.. in a loop, or the DBA allows the transaction log to grow until it fills...

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

  • RE: Slow Fixes

    Of course wether or not a security flaw or bug makes public headlines determines how it is triaged, however it doesn't mean that Microsoft is just sitting on it.

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

  • RE: Subroutines in TSQL

    Jeff Moden (3/3/2011)


    Telarian (3/3/2011)


    Jeff Moden (3/3/2011)


    Oh, be careful now. "It Depends". 🙂 Scalar and Multi-Line Table Valued Functions (mTVF) can very quickly turn code into some pretty nasty,...

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

  • RE: Subroutines in TSQL

    SQLkiwi (3/3/2011)


    Eric M Russell (3/3/2011)


    When I need to join a resultset from a remote server, like from a linked server connection, neither a View or TVF are beneficial. I'll typically...

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

  • RE: Subroutines in TSQL

    When I need to join a resultset from a remote server, like from a linked server connection, neither a View or TVF are beneficial. I'll typically execute a parameterized pass-through...

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

  • RE: Subroutines in TSQL

    SQLkiwi (3/3/2011)


    Eric M Russell (3/3/2011)


    Depending on the circumstance, a view can replace the functionality of a scalar or table valued function and do so more efficiently.

    In 2005 or later, I...

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

  • RE: Subroutines in TSQL

    Depending on the circumstance, a view can replace the functionality of a scalar or table valued function and do so more efficiently. I once developed a datawarehouse and reporting application...

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

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