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  • RE: Online Indexing

    Kevin,

    Thank you.

    LC

  • RE: Online Indexing

    Jack Corbett (4/23/2011)


    I have found that there are very few absolutes when dealing with SQL Server because so often the best solution depends on many different factors.

    I have to agree...

  • RE: Online Indexing

    Defrag has to be slower because it takes fewer locks and is an online operation so you can live with the longer run time because availability is not affected, whereas,...

  • RE: Online Indexing

    Jack Corbett (4/22/2011)


    TheSQLGuru (4/22/2011)


    P.S. I specifically recommend that you do not REORGANIZE your indexes. Reorganization (defragmentation) takes about 8 times longer than rebuilding, if pages in the table are exclusively...

  • RE: Online Indexing

    Without knowing more about your index rebuilding script, I can't know if this information will be helpful. I'll volunteer it anyway:

    If you're using the function call "sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats" in order to...

  • RE: Can't re-install sql server 2008 after crash

    mccarron52 (4/8/2011)


    Other things working on server are AD, DHCP, DNS, file services, web services

    This is not a criticism. I'm only commenting for the benefit of you and your company.

    It is...

  • RE: Very slow query (over 100 sec.) runs in no time with temp tables: why?

    For years, I have read that SQL Server was not sensitive to the order of arguments in the WHERE clause.

    Your results would seem to defy that statement.

    Does anyone...

  • RE: Poor database design

    Without knowing all of the details of your situation and the problems you are having, the one thing that stands out is that the larger the database grows, the worse...

  • RE: DBA Vs Developer

    Both are good career paths and each has its virtues. It depends on what you want out of your I.T. career, and possibly where "you're at" in life.

    I spent over...

  • RE: mirroring and clustering

    GilaMonster (3/11/2011)....One thing with a cluster is that it has a single point of failure - the drives

    Gail,

    Yes, the Quorum and the MSDTC drives.

    Doesn't database mirroring also have at least...

  • RE: mirroring and clustering

    I only recently have experience with SQL Server database server clustering.

    My employer is using Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 on our new server. We are...

  • RE: dbcc checkdb

    My employer has 8 application databases on 2 servers.

    Between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m., MDT, our servers tend to (but not always) hit their lowest usage point. During this...

  • RE: Deleting rows from a table...best way?

    I have found that if you delete about 5000 or more rows, you will cause a table lock and a lockout of other applications that need to modify records in...

  • RE: Selective Index Maintenance

    Simon Facer (11/8/2010)


    crainlee2 (11/7/2010)


    After carefully studying the Microsoft white paper ...

    Do you have the link to that White Paper? I'd like to see that.

    Thanks.

    Simon,

    Here's the link to the Microsoft Technet...

  • RE: Selective Index Maintenance

    I'm sure I do. I always print hard copies of really important material.

    I'll look in my "piling" system at work and get back to you.

    LC

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