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Oh, to give you a rough idea, this is what my activity the last 12 months looks like.
25 blog posts, thousands of views per month
3 published articles
Tech-Editor on a book
Chapter...
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
August 5, 2011 at 3:37 pm
@SQLFRNDZ (8/5/2011)
Do Microsoft recongnizes at some point if we are active or do we have to apply or register some where?
If you're active enough to be a likely candidate, someone...
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
August 5, 2011 at 3:21 pm
I've posted all there really is publicly known.
It's a reward for helping out in the community, valid for 12 months based on the previous 12 month's activity.
It's not 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
August 5, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/5/2011)
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
August 5, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Be active in the community (very active) and help people. Presentations, books, articles, blogs, forums, formal classes, etc all count in some way. The actual criteria are secret (as they...
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
August 5, 2011 at 3:13 pm
geuncho6 (8/5/2011)
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
August 5, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Ninja's_RGR'us (8/5/2011)
Absolutely agree on the rebuild part... except when you're out of room :-).
Bulk-logged recovery model (unless there really are 0 dataloss requirements, no exceptions, which the OP has not...
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
August 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm
hxkresl (8/5/2011)
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
August 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Ninja's_RGR'us (8/5/2011)
I'm now trying to see if I can regorg and take log backups at the same time.
Sure you can, and reorg runs as lots of little transactions, hence...
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
August 5, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Or uninstall 2005 and install 2008. 2008 doesn't use more memory or CPU than 2005. Trying to run them both at the same time on that laptop would be 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
August 5, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Stefan Krzywicki (8/5/2011)
That's where the "as we know it" comes in. We're getting there, but it is a slow process.
Maybe in your neck of the woods. Down here I think...
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
August 5, 2011 at 11:39 am
Jack Corbett (8/5/2011)
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
August 5, 2011 at 11:35 am
Anytime a database starts SQL logs when the last checkDB completed without error. It's an aid for if you find corruption, you can check and see at what point 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
August 5, 2011 at 11:32 am
Sure, but what do you need from extended events that you can't get from profiler?
p.s. Not really relevant to OP's question.
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
August 5, 2011 at 10:46 am
Extended events are a SQL 2008 feature.
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
August 5, 2011 at 9:59 am
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