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  • RE: newid() and newsequentialid()

    As for newsequentialid() not being able to be referenced directly, here's a kluge I've been using (not my idea, but liked it's simplicity):

    -- default to one value returned

    create proc get_newsequentialid

    ...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: i want restore a sql200db to sql2005.

    I know it sounds silly, but if your database is for a 3rd party application, check support for it. We have a database we're migrating from 2000 to 2005...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious (9/11/2009)


    Paul got 8000, I think.

    Can someone point me to a good write up on IF... ELSE issues?

    Such as an introduction? Try this link.

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Rebuild or reorganize indexes

    Mohan Kumar (9/9/2009)


    I executed the script twice. There are some indexes still with 40-55% fragmentation and page_count ranging from 9-151.

    Eg.

    tbl1 Frag 38.88 PageCount18

    tbl2 Frag 11.11PageCount9

    tbl3 Frag 7.01 PageCount57

    tbl4...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Kit G (9/10/2009)


    No, I haven't seen Spamalot. I probably should, I hear good things about it, just too lazy to go to an actual theater and I don't think...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Kit G (9/10/2009)


    Jan Van der Eecken (9/9/2009)


    Didn't quite get the coconut - swallow connection either, but maybe I'm just a little slow.

    This particular coconut/swallow reference is from Monty Python and...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: How "normal" is normaliization on your production databases?

    Andrew Gothard (9/9/2009)


    For and non-trivial system, I'd go for

    OLTP - Normalisation

    Reporting - from datawarehouse using dimensional modelling

    True, in the best of all possible worlds, all reporting would be...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Password policy enforcement - Server or Domain?

    Thanks. So hopefully the windows admins have set it up the server properly. 🙂

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Rebuild index

    Sourav (8/24/2009)


    Hello SQL Experts

    How to check when the indexes of a particular table \ all the tables of the DB was rebuilt??

    Can you suggest me a good site to "create...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Kit G (8/11/2009)


    GabyYYZ (8/11/2009)


    Anyone here planning to watch District 9 (this week I think)? It looks like a totally interesting sci-fi.

    Any of our South African members hearing some buzz...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Anyone here planning to watch District 9 (this week I think)? It looks like a totally interesting sci-fi.

    Any of our South African members hearing some buzz about it or...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: checksums and unicode data

    Here's a thought.

    Given that a binary representation of a value is as unambiguous a way to represent a value as you can get, explain how this occurs:

    select convert(varbinary, convert(nvarchar(3),'674')); ...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Love cppwiz's answer. LOL, wonder if the person ever did send the email.

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Really? Is it so hard to Google "Database Design" for this person?

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

  • RE: Difference between Unique Clustered Index & Non Unique Clustered Index

    GilaMonster (7/27/2009)


    allen davidson (7/27/2009)


    I think my reply should have been along the lines of...

    clustered indexes affect placement on disk

    Not necessarily true either. Think about fragmented indexes, fragmented file system, striping,...

    Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

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