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  • RE: Alternative to nolock

    Multiple files, separate physical drives, large enough to handle max load (*1.5 if you're paranoid)

    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: CheckDB crashing with "Possible Schema corruption" msg

    Please run this and post the full and complete output.

    DBCC CheckDB(<Database name>) WITH No_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS

    Do you have a backup?

    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 is shrinking a data file acceptable?

    There are valid reasons to shrink databases (out of space is seldom a good one), but not on a regular basis.

    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: Looking or HA options

    That's based on the myth that SQL uses one thread per file. It is purely a myth. SQL can use multiple threads to access data regardless of the file layout.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: very urgent help

    Tell you what?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Excluding certain tasks from transactions

    Duplicate post. No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1124791-364-1.aspx

    Jim, I'd suggest you attach the screenshot to the other thread as that is the one with more detail

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: very urgent help

    I hope you have a clean backup.

    In the meantime, try dropping and then recreating all the XML indexes in that database (drop any secondary XML indexes, then drop the primaries...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: ghost records

    Oracle_91 (6/14/2011)


    2. Secondly, which is my actual question, if it is a heap table or has non-clusterred or a table which has duplicate values in all columns, meaning i cannot...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: multi-table query: returning data when one table has nothing?

    Three tables, no joins?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Server 2008 bit field best design practices

    Craig Farrell (6/14/2011)


    I personally like bit fields, and bitmap fields.

    Bits yes, bitmaps no.

    Technically they violate 1st normal form. They're non-intuitive to people who haven't been exposed to them and the...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Using INSERTED and DELETED Tables in a Trigger

    You don't have to use them, but in your case you could be updating far more of the table than you need. Say someone comes and does a one row...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: When is shrinking a data file acceptable?

    Boaz51 (6/13/2011)


    I am currently working with a vendor that highly recommends doing a shrink data file or "shrink database" in their documentation once a week. They recommend this because they...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Backup Duration

    Ninja's_RGR'us (6/13/2011)


    There's clearly at least a verify on top of the backup, maybe there's something else we don't see.

    Exactly. There's a verify at least (clear from the output you posted)...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Looking or HA options

    Syed Jahanzaib Bin hassan (6/13/2011)


    3-Increase the Files in a FileGroups (when you have multiple Core or physical Processors)

    The only time that is useful is if the DB is under IO...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How to troubleshoot this error?

    The SQL service account doesn't have permission to the folder or file.

    Gail Shaw
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