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  • RE: Hardware Config Vs SQL Server performance

    raotor (11/3/2011)


    Great. Do you have any idea what sort of across-the-board performance increase I might expect by going 64-bit?

    Little to none. 64-bit isn't about raw performance, it's about...

    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 is a scan cheaper than a seek?

    Artoo22 (11/3/2011)


    Is it really more efficient to scan 4,367,682 rows and perform a merge join than it is to perform 40,371 seeks

    Probably yes.

    40371 seeks requires at least 80742 page reads...

    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: PRIMARY Clustered vs NonClustered

    dva2007 (11/3/2011)


    again the confusion is if clustered index puts the data in the physical order?

    No. It enforces the logical sort order. SQL will try and create the index so that...

    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: Boot Page Corruption

    No. Restore the entire database from backup.

    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: PRIMARY Clustered vs NonClustered

    It depends. Really, this is not a question that has a hard and fast answer. Depends on data types, access patterns and a whole lot more.

    A table should always have...

    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: SQL crash - debug help needed

    Call Microsoft customer support. They're the ones that have the tools to debug crash dumps. The Exception Access Violation has nothing whatsoever to do with disk or network, it's an...

    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: SQL Timeout errors: Where to look for the cause?

    You've got poorly performing queries.

    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/

    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: SQL Server Dumps Required

    aggarwal.nitesh 52650 (11/2/2011)


    I required SQL Server 2008 dumps of following 70-432, 70-450. Kindly mail me on <removed> asap

    Braindumps are cheating. They are actual questions taken from the exams in violation...

    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 how to exclude master, msdb while EXEC master..sp_MSForeachdb 'USE [?]

    It's possible, but you have to declare and assign the variable in the dynamic SQL.

    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: dynamic sql execution plan caching question

    captcooldaddy (11/2/2011)


    My guess is going to be that in order to ensure the most cache hits for a website search it will be better to break the search procs out...

    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: dynamic sql execution plan caching question

    As for monitoring...

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2010/07/27/hit-and-miss/

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2010/08/31/come-and-gone/

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2011/08/16/compiles-and-recompiles/

    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: dynamic sql execution plan caching question

    The procedure will use the cached plan. The dynamic SQL, because it runs as a separate batch and in a different scope has its own execution plan.

    In this case, the...

    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: Stored Procedure Table Parameter Issue

    jjmanthei05 (11/2/2011)


    Gail,

    I'm not sure if I'm missing something but I don't see a difference of what you posted as compared to what I did.

    Your from clause:

    from AdditionalInfo inner join...

    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: Ghost Record Deletion Question

    btw, depending on what storage you have, that may not even be enough...

    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: Ghost Record Deletion Question

    Export the data from every table

    Script all the objects

    Detach the database

    Use a secure delete program to delete the data and log files, overwriting them so that the sectors on the...

    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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