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  • RE: Physical CPU or Logical Processors ?

    I'll tell Grant he's wrong. He'll agree with me.

    The query optimiser costs were times at one point. They were benchmark times on a specific computer in the MS testing lab...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Server Questions

    We don't do people's homework/exams for them.

    You learn nothing if I give you the answer and I don't need a basic admin course.

    For question 1, look in Book Online (the...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Plans on SQLServer2000

    Users can not change execution plans. An execution plan also can't fail.

    Are you talking about execution plans (plans created by SQL to tell how to run a query) or maintenance...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How to create a index view for a table residing on other database

    RamSteve (8/19/2011)


    Hi wanted to do this as my boss asked me to do the following....

    "test to see we can add an index in a different database then the prime table...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Plans on SQLServer2000

    If you mean execution plans, you can't do that on any version. Not that users can change plans, but SQL sure can.

    Why don't you start by explaining what the problem...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: replication - log file size

    Nope, and you definitely do not want autoshrink on ever.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Physical CPU or Logical Processors ?

    Marios Philippopoulos (8/19/2011)


    Another setting to play around with: cost threshold for parallelism.

    Default value is 5 sec; may be too low for most systems.

    Setting it to higher values (say 15-20 sec)...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (8/19/2011)


    I'd love to know more about the application concerning parent and multiple child records. If you have the chance to "haul out the front-end code", that would...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Physical CPU or Logical Processors ?

    Leo.Miller (8/18/2011)


    Can you point me to a document on this?

    All I'll do is hit google. I'm sure that you can do that as well as I can.

    The point to note...

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  • RE: replication - log file size

    didier41 (8/19/2011)


    Also, I hope that would spare the log file. Would I need to put a job to put the database into full mode, run a log backup with truncate...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Transaction log file size question

    You don't need single user mode, and nothing in that set of steps will break the log chain.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Graphical execution plan does not display in SSMS when clicking on plan hyperlink - instead I get the XML

    Goes straight to graphical plan here, on same version of SSMS

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

    Ninja's_RGR'us (8/19/2011)


    (they're doing there immersion class.... I just hope she can read this DURING & in front of <the> class :-D)

    Class finished yesterday. This is a 4-day one, not...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Graphical execution plan does not display in SSMS when clicking on plan hyperlink - instead I get the XML

    That's how SSMS 2005 behaves. Sure you're not running the wrong version by accident?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Cannot shrink log file because all logical log files are in use

    Something sounds broken there...

    I've seen cases where the sp fails saying that the DB is not replicated, that's why I usually got the full route. Glad it worked for you.

    Gail Shaw
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