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  • RE: SQL Server 2008 shirnk logs

    Please read through this - Managing Transaction Logs[/url]

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Huge transaction log backup

    SanDroid (8/22/2011)


    Table and Index stats updates are fully Logged and can happen nightly.

    They also create a very Large tran log backup.

    Unlikely. The stats updates just change the statistics, not the...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Huge transaction log backup

    virgilrucsandescu (8/22/2011)


    You would loose your money Sir, because I moved very carefully all the jobs before the full backup.

    Which means that the next transaction log backup after the full...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: I/O affinity

    Perry Whittle (8/22/2011)


    GilaMonster (8/22/2011)


    that is part of the buffer pool and is constrained by max memory.

    is that correct?

    Yes.

    Although part of the same overall memory pool that is constrained by...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: I/O affinity

    What a coincidence that both of the people helping out offer such a service... 😀 😉

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Programmer Analyst

    dopydb (8/22/2011)


    but i think the best message i can take from this is 'NO BS!' 😉

    Absolutely.

    I suspect a lot of candidates that I used to interview thought that I didn't...

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  • RE: Subquery and Join (Speed)

    Please note: 3 year old thread.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Programmer Analyst

    I've got several where the candidate tried BS. It's sad.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Help required for a Strange procedure cache problem

    Check the SQL error log

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  • RE: SQL Programmer Analyst

    dopydb (8/22/2011)


    end of the day i could read 1000 potential questions but not get asked one of them! i was just looking for typically what to expect

    Depend on the interviewer.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: qyery taking an hour

    Especially in limited mode...

    Is the query blocked by anything?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: query for sorting startdatetime and enddatetime

    californication2704 (8/21/2011)


    so.. i would like to generate a query who will give to me a view of every single interaction with start and end time with the others data...

    Yes, I...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Query execution time between "IN" operator and "Inner Join"

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2010/01/12/in-vs-inner-join/

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: I/O affinity

    p.s. Why set processor and IO affinity? Most of the time they're best left at default values.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: I/O affinity

    No, it's not the plan cache, that is part of the buffer pool and is constrained by max memory.

    SQL will take memory outside of buffer pool for things like CLR,...

    Gail Shaw
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