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  • RE: SQL Server R2 does not upgrade 2005 database

    SQL 2005 32 bit or 64 bit? Are you installing 32 bit or 64 bit?

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

    Jack Corbett (5/23/2011)


    Just because I've touched it doesn't mean I'm an expert.

    It doesn't? Really?

    😉

    Wish more people thought that way.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How to save estimated execution plan

    Query Analyser as in SQL 2000? No way to save the plan if dealing with either Query Analyser of a SQL 2000 backend.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Counting down in a single table

    pnr8uk (5/23/2011)


    SET @TRem = (select TRem from Test1) -- check only

    What happens if there's more than one row in Test1?

    Is this a homework exercise?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Composite key usage..........

    CREATE TABLE StudentClass (

    std_id INT FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Student (std_id),

    class_id INT FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Class (class_id),

    CONSTRAINT pk_StudentClass PRIMARY KEY (std_id, class_id)

    )

    (I also fixed your foreign key references)

    Why not student_id? Not...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: What is VersionStore

    http://www.google.com/search?q=version+store+%22sql+server%22

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: What is RowVersioning

    http://www.google.com/search?q=row+versioning+%22sql+server%22

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: What are the Execution Plan Operators

    http://www.google.com/search?q=execution+plan+operators

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Lazy Writer

    http://www.google.com/search?q=SQL+lazy+writer

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Statistics for performance

    They're created by the query optimiser when it needs to know the row distribution of a column and there are no existing statistics.

    Read up on statistics and auto_create_statistics in Books...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: UDF and memory cache

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes people's time and fragments replies

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1113142-149-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Difference between Version store and Row Versioning

    What needs elaborating?

    Row versions are created with snapshot isolation level. They're historical versions of rows used for transactions/statements that began before the row was changed.

    The version store is the place...

    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: Statistics for performance

    sqlnaive (5/23/2011)


    Does having so many statistics on the table harm the performance ?

    Nope.

    We run our maintenance schedule every Sunday and rebuild indexes [update stats are OFF]. Does stats...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Difference between Version store and Row Versioning

    Version store is where the row versions (created for snapshot isolation) are stored.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Difference between Version store and Row Versioning

    EdVassie (5/23/2011)


    Row versioning has been available from at least SQL7 and in older versions of SQL Server the row version ID is stored in a DateTime data item. In...

    Gail Shaw
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