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  • RE: Need Details for Database Table partition in Sql server 2005 And 2008 Developer/Enterprise edition

    yo_jain (1/5/2012)


    But still it is better if someone guide me by providing some precise and step by step details to partition a table in an existing database.

    I have a very...

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  • RE: db_datareader allow alter permissions

    ajsnyman (1/5/2012)


    Hi All,

    Hope someone else can confirm this, but it seems like db_datareader db role do not just provide select permissions, but also alter and update permissions.

    It does not. db_datareader...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Can we implement Clustered Index on Unique key ?

    kumar.sachu08 (1/5/2012)


    I can't ask from interviewer :

    Why would you want more than one index on the same column?

    Sure you can, and if anyone asked me such a downright silly question...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Can we implement Clustered Index on Unique key ?

    kumar.sachu08 (1/5/2012)


    How many nonclustered index we can implement on one column like "id" as per my below given table structure.

    249 in SQL 2005. The question is, why on earth would...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: sql server 2008 table partitioning

    Is there a question here?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Can we implement Clustered Index on Unique key ?

    Yes, you absolutely can. You can have clustered unique constraints, clustered normal indexes, nonclustered primary keys. There's nothing requiring the cluster to be on the primary key.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/4/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/4/2012)


    Ok, talk about deja vu....

    Deadlocks 1: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1229544-1550-1.aspx

    Deadlocks 2: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1230105-391-1.aspx

    Same cause (well, almost), same pattern, same day.

    That could be your next article. Comes up often enough that it'll...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: need to encrypt and store passwords and store in urser table

    captcooldaddy (1/4/2012)


    So how do i unhash it?

    You don't that the whole point.

    The encryption algorithms are nondeterministic, you encrypt a value 3 different times and you get 3 different results. Hence,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: need to encrypt and store passwords and store in urser table

    I'm fully in agreement it shouldn't be plain text, but encrypted is also not good for passwords (especially if using the database encryption which any db_owner or sysadmin can decrypt)....

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: and the deadlocks are back...

    No indexes other than the primary key?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Cannot shrink log file

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

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ok, talk about deja vu....

    Deadlocks 1: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1229544-1550-1.aspx

    Deadlocks 2: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1230105-391-1.aspx

    Same cause (well, almost), same pattern, same day.

    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: Passed 70-448!

    emil 94400 (1/4/2012)


    The only disappointed with exam was question related to SSIS deployment. I really don't like questions that says <snip>.

    Please note that any discussion of the questions in the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: and the deadlocks are back...

    Can you post the definition of the SMSJob table and any indexes, constraints or triggers

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: and the deadlocks are back...

    Michael Valentine Jones (1/4/2012)


    You need to investigate why the spplicaiton is setting that isolation level, and fix that.

    I believe ADO.NET (and by extension entitiy framework) does it by default.

    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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