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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Dev (1/7/2012)


    @Gail: I am sorry if I said anything offensive. I believe I didn’t,

    Your insinuations about goals and motives were very insulting.

    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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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/7/2012)


    has a fair shot a exceptional DBA of the year at some point in her career.

    Nah. I'm not a DBA remember (it's not the 'exceptional consultant of the year'...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Security for Restore the Database

    If you're on SQL 2008 Enterprise edition, look into TDE (transparent database encryption). That will prevent anyone from restoring the database to a server that doesn't have the appropriate certificates....

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: logical views

    Pity about the exec plan, I don't understand why companies prohibit posting those, it's not as if there's top-secret information included in a plan.

    Try starting with these for tuning

    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/

    Also Grant...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Dev (1/7/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/7/2012)


    Dev (1/7/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/7/2012)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/7/2012)


    BTW that counts for maybe 8-10% of my work.

    Likewise. Then add in SQLTeam, MSDN (though I don't post there much...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Transaction Log full while running SQL Jobs?

    If the recovery model is Simple, then add a checkpoint between each delete.

    Are you sure that the recovery model is simple though? Because if it is, you wouldn't have been...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Companies - Horror Stories

    Yeah, the absolutely bloody nightmare of hoops and requirements to keep certified partner status. For the purposes of 'number of certifications' (which is a requirement), I count no more than...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Dev (1/7/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/7/2012)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/7/2012)


    BTW that counts for maybe 8-10% of my work.

    Likewise. Then add in SQLTeam, MSDN (though I don't post there much any more), stack overflow...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: logical views

    That's a huge question, and it's more a data design and architecture than a technical one. Consolidation may be a good idea, but then you have to consider how often...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/7/2012)


    BTW that counts for maybe 8-10% of my work.

    Likewise. Then add in SQLTeam, MSDN (though I don't post there much any more), stack overflow and related sites (again,...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Dev (1/7/2012)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/6/2012)


    Top 10 from 2011

    User posts

    SQLRNNR ...

    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: Getting error when using a MERGE Stement

    And the error messages are...????

    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: Database design tutorials

    Louis Davidson's books on database 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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/6/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (1/6/2012)


    I enjoyed creating tables and columns for one job like this

    CREATE TABLE "--¦" ( "+--+-+" int, "+-+" date)

    Told my boss it was...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (1/6/2012)


    SQLRNNR (1/6/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/6/2012)


    I hate underscores. I hate all caps naming. I have a special hatred for what I have in a system at the moment:

    INSURANCECAMPAIGNREVIEW_STARTDATE

    That sounds a lot...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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