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  • RE: Run away logical reads on stored proc causing timeouts.

    What makes it a very hot table is when a user enters editing, the code inserts into this table a clone of the rows to fall back to if the...

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  • RE: sql server 2016/2017 books etc.

    rondebbs 48050 - Tuesday, December 4, 2018 1:00 PM

    Thanks for all the good info.  The SQL server Unleashed looks good, I just...

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  • RE: Run away logical reads on stored proc causing timeouts.

    Have you examined the execution plan(s) used by this stored procedure?
    You mentioned that the table is "hot", which I assume you mean it's getting a large volume of...

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  • RE: sql server 2016/2017 books etc.

    If your goal is certification, then use the Microsoft test prep kit book, because you can be an expert at many aspects of SQL Server (ie: internals or administration) and...

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  • RE: Lack of clustered index generally a good idea?

    By default, I add an identity column to a table and then a clustered index on top of that. I don't recall ever choosing to model a heap table. Having...

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  • RE: Entity-Attribute-Value is evil ? how to avoid...

    Depending on the data access pattern, other database platforms like Azure Document DB, Azure Table storage, or Azure Key Vault are better optimized for entity-attribute-value or JSON/XML document implementations. When...

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  • RE: Understanding a Database

    While on the topic of ISV databases with incomprehensible data models, PeopleSoft comes to mind.

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  • RE: Data with Provenance

    We can also question whether schema-less XML and JSON documents (or BLOBs, or images, or free text) belong in SQL Server in the first place. The user community has already...

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  • RE: Data with Provenance

    Well, it's stupid to publish a dataset without knowing the meaning of what all columns or attributes are included. I'd expect better forethought from a healthcare organization knowing that the...

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  • RE: Tougher Privacy Laws

    billp 37934 - Thursday, November 29, 2018 7:09 PM

    Eric M Russell - Thursday, November 29, 2018 8:29...

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  • RE: Understanding a Database

    primitivefuture2006 - Friday, November 30, 2018 8:02 AM

    Eric M Russell - Friday, November 30, 2018 7:27 AM

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  • RE: Understanding a Database

    Documenting a legacy database is what I call "database cartography". Sometimes it's just built in a piecemeal fashion over time based on exploration and local folklore passed down from gray...

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  • RE: Understanding a Database

    Database modeling tools can be expensive, complicated, and despite all their bells and whistles, are ultimately rigid. There have been situations where I have questioned why a database was designed...

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  • RE: Tougher Privacy Laws

    billp 37934 - Thursday, November 29, 2018 7:53 AM

    If it was really that easy it's hard to believe that there are...

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  • RE: Tougher Privacy Laws

    So, it's one thing to talk about data privacy in terms of how it impacts the lives regular folks in "flyover country". Ask any politician and they'll acknowledge it's an...

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