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  • RE: Multiple Transaction Log Files

    The EmptyFile option is solely for data files. It will have no effect on log files. Log records cannot be moved by anything, and logs aren't considered part of filegroups...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Server Performance

    hkflight (1/25/2012)


    Indexes are rebuilt quartely and are maintained by the software vendor who created the database.

    Quarterly? As in every 3 months?

    Weekly checks for fragmentation and rebuild are probably more...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Server Performance

    hkflight (1/25/2012)


    These articles look great for looking at specific queries, but my trouble is with the entire DB running slow.

    Those articles are for when the entire database is slow,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Server Performance

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-2/

    And maybe also 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)
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  • RE: SQL Developer licensing

    Brandie Tarvin (1/25/2012)


    I hate to break it to you, but there is no good excuse you can give Microsoft for using live data in report development. You can, as I...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Developer licensing

    As in a production BI and reporting server? If that's the case, no you cannot use Developer edition for that, it's a production usage and the developer license is for...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Query Help...very slow running

    You've got a non-SARGable predicate in the where clause. Change that date predicate that you have to this:

    timestamp >= '2012-01-23' AND timestamp < DATEADD(dd,1, '2012-01-23')

    That assumes that the date literal...

    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: Paging in SQL's prospective

    If your memory config is correct, SQL will never be paged (written to swap file). SQL uses memory to avoid the cost of disk access, so if SQL's memory is...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: DBCC Check database consistency errors:

    A critical system table is damaged (page pointers are incorrect). Restore from a clean backup.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: 3GB PAE in windows 2008 32 bit?

    Well, you need to restart the entire server for a boot.ini flag to take effect, so restarting SQL is implied

    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: Help with Logic

    Please post table definitions, sample data and desired output. Read this to see the best way to post this to get quick responses.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: 3GB PAE in windows 2008 32 bit?

    With that memory config (4GB only), /3GB yes (lets SQL use 3 out of the 4 GB instead of 2), but not PAE. PAE is for AWE memory, that's more...

    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: Transaction Log file increasing

    umasingh (1/25/2012)


    if you are using bulk insert then I will suggest you to change the recovery model to bulk-logged.

    He's already in simple recovery model, so he's already getting...

    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?

    jcrawf02 (1/24/2012)


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    GilaMonster (1/24/2012)


    Oooh, a palindrome! Nice.

    It's also the first five binary digits of 10001001 - a number I seem to recall has special significance to you 🙂

    Yes,...

    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?

    SQLRNNR (1/24/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/24/2012)


    SQL Kiwi (1/24/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/24/2012)


    Oooh, a palindrome! Nice.

    It's also the first five binary digits of 10001001 - a number I seem to recall has special significance to you 🙂

    Yes,...

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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