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  • RE: Why is my select slow? (question about indexes)

    To answer the question that was implied, not asked, there is no index that can help a SELECT * FROM <table> query. Indexes are there to support where clause predicates...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    mtillman-921105 (8/29/2011)


    But communism is not seriously considered a real option anymore.

    Come down and tell some people in government here that. It would come as a revelation to them.

    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?

    And right on cue, a PM that's leaning towards harassment. <sigh>

    Why do some people think that just because I've answered a couple of their questions that I'm their BFF?

    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: Maxerrorcount property

    In what context? SSIS packages?

    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?

    WayneS (8/29/2011)


    Just read this: http://ittybiz.com/death-threats-online/. Appalling.

    Unbelievable. What is it, that they feel threatened by someone else's success?

    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: Need information regarding Indexes

    Create an index with business_date as the leading column, and stop using select *

    The nonclustered index that you had was useless because business_date was not the leading column, and 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: Specialists or Generalists: Who are best as Developers?

    krowley (8/29/2011)


    I am working on moving from being a generalist to being a specialist in SQL Server and keep looking for the best course of study to take me there....

    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: physical relation in datatables in sql server

    Err, there isn't any physical relationship between tables.

    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: Index over multiuple columns question

    Please give me the actual index definition. I can't match a made-up one to the execution plan (that has the real table and column names in it).

    In fact, please post...

    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: Memory almost 90 % using in SQLSERVR.EXE

    If you're going to enable AWE, that has to be enabled. If you do enable it, you MUST set a max server memory that leaves enough space for the OS...

    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 to Use DROP STATISTICS?

    No good reason. It's just forcing SQL to recreate them when it needs them.

    p.s. Maybe also change the job not to use deprecated system views while you're editing?

    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: Index over multiuple columns question

    If ColX is the leading column of that index, won't help at all. If your index is on (colX, Coly) (in that order) that query should not scan, it's perfectly...

    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: Memory almost 90 % using in SQLSERVR.EXE

    ananda.murugesan (8/29/2011)


    Ok, I should change and setting max memory in SQLSERVER Instance.

    If server 4 GB RAM, how much I should allocated for max memory?

    Depends what else is running 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

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  • RE: Memory almost 90 % using in SQLSERVR.EXE

    If you want to reduce memory usage, you must set max memory. By leaving it at default you're telling SQL it can use as much memory as it wants with...

    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?

    Brandie Tarvin (8/29/2011)


    Jeff, it is totally worth it to make the effort. Not a lot of copyright thieves will come back and assert "their rights," only the really crooked ones...

    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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