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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Too snarky?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1306465-334-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Answers to these questions

    https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+page+tracks+extents+modified+since+last+full+backup

    First, second, third and fourth hits.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=What+needs+to+be+done+to+recover+a+database+up+to+point+of+failure

    First, second, third, fourth and fifth hits.

    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: /3Gb, AWE and PAE switches

    Chapter 4 of this: http://www.simple-talk.com/books/sql-books/troubleshooting-sql-server-a-guide-for-the-accidental-dba/

    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: Perfomance issue with storeprocedure

    GilaMonster (5/30/2012)


    May I suggest that you consider getting someone (a consultant good at optimisation) to redesign and tune the DB?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Perfomance issue with storeprocedure

    A primary key is backed by an index, you wouldn't create a second index on the same column, serves no point and wastes space

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Perfomance issue with storeprocedure

    pallavi.unde (5/30/2012)


    I have no idea about indexing actually...

    can you please tell how it can implement on database.

    Did you read the articles?

    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: Perfomance issue with storeprocedure

    You have no indexes? No wonder you have poor performance...

    Start with these.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Indexing/68439/

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Indexing/68563/

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Indexing/68636/

    And I agree the database looks like it may need a bit of a redesign. May I suggest that...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Full backup of a Primary log shipping server

    Full backups do not and never have interfered with the log chain

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Attach Database failed for server 'M3'

    prettsons (5/30/2012)


    Schadenfreude-Mei (5/30/2012)


    prettsons (5/30/2012)


    The I/O error (torn page) error occurs when SQL Server tried to access a page that had previously not been written to disk correctly. This can be...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Database downgrade: 64 bits to 32

    tilew-948340 (5/29/2012)


    I would have bet that it was because a 32 bit operating system can't read a 64 bit file coming from a 64 bit operating system...

    32 bit vs 64...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Proc Optimization

    Understand that, but without the plans debugging this is going to be very difficult. Also you need to check the waits that the query gets, lock waits if it is...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Proc Optimization

    Without more information, no. Check the exec plans to see if they are different. See if the long duration is due to blocking or some other wait.

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    L' Eomot Inversé (5/29/2012)


    I thought things were very dull and quiet of SQL Server Central (logged in this evening after not having time to look at it yesterday, only 8...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Suspect Pages causes database backup to fail.

    ??? You mean you're not running regular integrity checks? Why on earth not?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Suspect Pages causes database backup to fail.

    Corruption is almost always an IO subsystem problem. Could be anything from IO drivers right down to the physical disks.

    What does CheckDB say?

    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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