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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (7/29/2011)


    Can you just use Google Documents from the iPad?

    There an offline version of that? (Internet access? What's that?)

    Do they support Word's review/comment features? Word's tables, formatting, etc? Can...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Manual Shrink works, Schedule Job Shrink bombs

    Rather leave it at the size it needs to be unless you're absolutely desperate for space. A large log does not impact the DB. Log growth on the other hand...

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (7/29/2011)


    On the desktop, there's much more to play, Civ V, City of Heroes, Europa Universalis III, EuroRails, etc...

    I am resisting Civ 5. Want, but...

    At the moment, Witcher (1),...

    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?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/29/2011)


    GilaMonster (7/29/2011)


    I'd kill for full-blown MS word or Windows Live Writer on the iPad, that would eliminate a fair bit of need for the laptop,...

    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?

    Stefan Krzywicki (7/29/2011)


    That's a good water-cooler topics, what games do you play on your phone? I haven't found much that's really kept my attention for more than a month or...

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

    I do very little productive on the phone. It's great for shopping lists, much reduces the chance I'll write a list and leave it at home. Twitter on the move,...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: What's the difference between these queries?

    In this case a Constant Scan, cause that's all you're doing, reading a couple of constants.

    If the first was using a temp table (which it's not) there would be some...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: What's the difference between these queries?

    No difference at all. Look at the execution plans, they'll be exactly the same.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Database Full backup size increased

    ramprabhakar.n (7/29/2011)


    Every time if I truncate the log with truncate_only option ...

    Why are you truncating the log? There is no good reason to do that regularly.

    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: Microsoft Certified Master

    mike.mcquillan (7/29/2011)


    According to Microsoft's site, 60% pass the lab first time, with 80% passing the second time.

    I suspect that was from back when the MCM was a 3 week training...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Bloated log file after configuring Transactional Replication in SQL Server 2005

    Then work through this:

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Transaction+Log/72488/

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Bloated log file after configuring Transactional Replication in SQL Server 2005

    Is the log reader running?

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Microsoft Certified Master

    Ninja's_RGR'us (7/29/2011)


    GilaMonster (7/29/2011)


    talkeffect (7/29/2011)


    How is Knowledge Exam? Is it like 70-451 and 70-450 or a little bit harder?

    Try several hundred times harder. It's also significantly more expensive. iirc $500 for...

    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?

    I'm getting way too snide and cynical. Maybe time to take a short forum break again...

    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 Log data missing

    SQLRO (7/29/2011)


    Actually nobody did the restore manually but the server was restarted once by the infra team...really not sure what has caused these entries in the error logs.

    The only thing...

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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