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  • RE: Index Tuning Wizard

    Index tuning wizard was the SQL 2000 and prior tool that was renamed Database Tuning Adviser in 2005.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Lock Escalation

    SQL* (7/25/2012)


    Here memory means the RAM size right? If i have more memory then this limitation will be exceeded (more than 5000 locks).

    Yes, memory=RAM in this case. No, 5000 locks...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Nonclustered index consolidation

    What are the exact definitions of those two indexes?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Help - understanding a trace statement

    randerson-917627 (7/25/2012)


    In any event I'm running a trace and see tons of the following:

    eventclass: SQL:BatchCompleted

    textdata: SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED

    I understand what that is doing; what I'm having trouble...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Geeky Books

    I bought The Disappearing Spoon. It's awesome.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Backups cause user slowness

    Best thing I can suggest is schedule the backup for the lowest usage time, you'll have to monitor to see when that is.

    Also, if you're using a SAN, speak to...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Backups cause user slowness

    If it's IO related it'll potentially slow down all databases on the same storage. It's a fair bit more complex though, depends on whether data is in cache or disk,...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQL Backups cause user slowness

    That's to be expected. Backups drive a lot of IO, if the IO subsystem can't handle the load it'll slow everything down, backups and user queries.

    Are you compressing the backups?...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Delete and insert Sproc

    Temp table, yes. Table variable, no.

    It's not a full recompile, just any statements that use the newly created or altered table

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Delete and insert Sproc

    Not automatically it won't. Nothing special about those two commands together.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: I want to reclaim the space, but I dont want using Shrink Database

    Little Nick (7/25/2012)


    1. What's the different between shrink data file and shrink log file?

    One shrinks the data file, one shrinks the log file.

    2. Which one (shrink data / shrink...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Can someone with more patience than I have please help here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1334377-391-1.aspx?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (7/25/2012)


    Where did he get the idea that DELETED is a reserved word in T-SQL?

    Probably from the deleted and inserted tables in triggers (which he says no one...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Lock Escalation

    No and no. 5000 locks (there is a memory threshold, but you shouldn't hit that unless escalation's been disabled)

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: DTS_E_PRODUCTLEVELTOOLOW - what do I upgrade?

    Not sure then, the two reasons I know of are SSIS not installed on the server that's running the jobs or running standard edition and using enterprise features.

    Can you google...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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