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  • RE: Actual Execution Plan Query Cost

    Use the costs, use statistics time, use statistics IO. Just understand then limitations.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Actual Execution Plan Query Cost

    If you want blog posts: http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/02/19/estimated-and-actual-execution-plan-revisited/

    http://www.scarydba.com/2009/03/19/execution-plan-estimated-operator-cost/

    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: Actual Execution Plan Query Cost

    No, far, far from it. The costs are estimates always. They are calculated at compile time (they're used by the optimiser to work out the cheapest plan), not at run...

    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: DBCC CHECKDB with Data_Purity - Trying to understand in row structue for Numeric/Decimal

    skrilla99 (9/15/2011)


    But, what I am left wondering is, where are the precision and scale defined?

    In the system tables. It would be a waste of space to store that it's a...

    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: DBCC CHECKDB with Data_Purity - Trying to understand in row structue for Numeric/Decimal

    Mark S. Rasmussen (9/15/2011)


    Looking at the value 0x0201000000 I can't get it to make sense. The sign byte should either be 0 or 1 depending on whether it's negative (0)...

    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: restore user database from sql server 2005 SP4 back to sql server 2005 SP2 ?

    Yes.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Server 2008 r2 management studio intellisense sp1

    xgcmcbain (9/15/2011)


    so your saying redgates is better ? ok

    Way better

    another very important feature, is the "tree" icons to the left in a very lengthy stored procedure, where it matches up...

    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 2008 r2 management studio intellisense sp1

    Buy RedGate's SQL prompt and then turn the built-in intellisense off. It's terrible in comparison

    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 2008 r2 management studio intellisense sp1

    No.

    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: Restore and Refresh

    Don't understand the question.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Urgent help needed= Please help

    Absolutely no way to say from the information you've given. You haven't said how many columns the spreadsheet has. You haven't said anything about the data in those columns.

    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 (9/15/2011)


    I was going to start talking about red hats and puffs of smoke...

    Lol

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: sql Cardinality

    GSquared (9/15/2011)


    What if you happen to know that 40% of the cars in there are white? That'll help you plan how long this project will take, and what method...

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

    GSquared (9/15/2011)


    But how many can define "cardinality" without looking it up or with total certainty?

    Way too many people when they give a definition of cardinality actually give a...

    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: optimal row size

    winston Smith (9/15/2011)


    Concensus is that its better to not have rows spill onto multiple pages.

    But one thing i cant find out is what if your row only takes up...

    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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