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  • RE: how to find when the SQL server Last started?

    Login date of any of the system processes (session_id 1 is easy enough)

    Creation date_time of TempDB

    There are others, but those are among the easiest (and work on all current versions...

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

    It's a great place to start, but a terrible place to finish. Treat them as suggestions that need investigating, analysing and testing, not as a 'you must create these' list.

    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: Upgrading Your Career

    Brent Ozar (2/15/2012)


    Robert Davis (2/15/2012)


    If you feel otherwise please point these alleged brain dumps out.

    Here's everything you need to know to pass the MCM lab:

    Drop all the primary keys.

    Then just...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Tracing a Deadlock

    Easiest way to find the location of the error log file is to open the log from Management Studio (object explorer. Management -> SQL Server Logs)and check right at the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Deadlock Trace Issue

    Would it be possible for you to post the entire errorlog?

    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: Tracing a Deadlock

    So there's nothing in the error log? Are you looking at the right instance (if you have multiple instances)?

    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: Logs Not TRUNCATING SQL 2008R2

    Please read through this: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Transaction+Log/72488/

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: 2 date queries and binding togthter to one

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes peoples time and fragments replies.

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1252488-392-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Page Life Expectancy

    If PLE is 300 (5 min) it essentially means that the entire data cache is getting replaced in 5 minutes. Ok if you have maybe 1 GB memory, not OK...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: when i check the database with following command DBCC CHECKDB(checkerpdatabase) WITH NO_INFOMSGS,these below error occured what i do ????????????????

    Then the errors you have are not repairable.

    The only solution now is to recreate the database. Script all of the objects in the DB, export all data (there's a chance...

    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: Convert minutes to HH:MM:SS format

    Duplicate post. No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1252335-391-1.aspx

    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: Dropping Image column

    paul.knibbs (2/15/2012)


    Interesting stuff...so even if the NULL bitmap should theoretically grow to accommodate a new column, it won't until some data is actually put into the specified record?

    Until the row...

    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: Is it possible to reduce retrieval time when using select * from [table]

    Wicked (2/15/2012)


    I'll try to group them into files

    I wouldn't recommend that unless you intend to spend days at the least designing the file layout based on data usage, query design...

    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: when i check the database with following command DBCC CHECKDB(checkerpdatabase) WITH NO_INFOMSGS,these below error occured what i do ????????????????

    That was with REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS?

    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: when i check the database with following command DBCC CHECKDB(checkerpdatabase) WITH NO_INFOMSGS,these below error occured what i do ????????????????

    ahsan_mustafa33 (2/15/2012)


    i have no problem with loosing data from database i want to recovered my database

    when i run the following command which you provide

    DBCC CHECKDB ('checkerpdatabase' ,REPAIR_REBUILD)

    I did...

    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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