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  • RE: Using an Index and not using an Index versus collation

    Yes, it is the cause.

    The seek is still not an efficient one, if you check the exec plan you'll see a seek predicate and a secondary predicate.

    If you can't change...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: An examination of bulk-logged recovery model

    crazy4sql (5/24/2012)


    Should we live our life in bulk logged or full recovery mode?:hehe:

    From the article:

    Guidelines for Bulk-logged Recovery

    The main guideline for bulk-logged recovery is: ‘as short a time as possible’.

    Due...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Mirrored DB Slow down - clear cache?

    simon4132-806507 (5/24/2012)


    With regard to the alter database command, i thought that mirroring was set up using 'alter database' which has to be used differently on both databases so presumed they...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: BACKUP DATABASE WITH COMPRESSION is not supported on Standard Edition (64-bit).

    dave.sexton (5/24/2012)


    Just come across this issue - why offer the option in the drop down if it isn't available on the edition you using :angry:

    Because management Studio doesn't have an...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Mirrored DB Slow down - clear cache?

    It can be worse. It can cause erratic or terrible performance of some queries all the time. Hence the reason I cannot recommend that you use that without doing testing...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats hangs in one of my databases

    michael vessey (5/24/2012)


    GilaMonster (5/23/2012)


    Check your IO throughput. Sounds like the drive is not responding as it should.

    Index physical stats doesn't run showcontig, more the other way around. Showcontig is deprecated...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Mirrored DB Slow down - clear cache?

    It's not the slowdown of the mirroring that you need to test, it's that your workload does not suffer a degradation in performance due to the forced paramerisation.

    I would honestly...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: How to see the last execution date of database objects in sql server 2005

    There's no script that will get you that information. You can look in the plan cache (sys.dm_exec_query_stats/sys.dm_exec_cached_plans) and some objects will have an entry there. For those that don't,...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Mirrored DB Slow down - clear cache?

    I honestly wouldn't recommend turning forced parameterisation on without a lot of analysis of the workload to see if it causes adverse effects. Optimise for ad-hoc workloads is safe and...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: How to recover msdb when it suspect

    Restore from backup

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Unique key not null and Primary key ( Clustered Index)

    SQLKnowItAll (5/23/2012)


    SQL Kiwi (5/23/2012)


    SQLKnowItAll (5/23/2012)


    Also note that a unique column can contain 1 null...

    Unless the unique index is filtered to exclude NULLs 😀

    Come on... That's like saying a column can...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats hangs in one of my databases

    Perry Whittle (5/23/2012)


    according to Paul Randal's post they do both use the same code base but one doesn't actually call the other.

    Ok, I thought I'd read somewhere that the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Bulk Log reconvery model

    SQLCrazyCertified (5/23/2012)


    Hope this helps.....if anyone else want to add/modify what I just said.....please do so.....I am here to learn as well.

    Please read the article linked above.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Where are the good Senior Level DBA's?

    Elliott Whitlow (5/23/2012)


    Seriously, the problem in my mind seems to be trying to place blame and that is not something that I really care about.

    +100

    Time spend trying to assign blame...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Will partitioning help?

    Gullimeel (5/23/2012)


    Properly designed partitoning will provide you performance definetly.

    Not necessarily. Properly done indexing can provide just about the same benefit. Partitioning may give you somewhere around an additional 1% performance...

    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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