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  • RE: Select with "IN" clause

    IN does not work with a variable. You either need to use dynamic SQL (and risk SQL Injection) or find a split function and use IN with a subquery.

    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: Exam 70-448

    It's still cheating whether you buy them or ask for them, can still result in your certifications being revoked. Use of braindumps is forbidden by the rules of the exams.

    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: How to rebuild transaction log file in sql server 2005

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/06/09/deleting-the-transaction-log/

    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 2005

    Re the diff backup, google DCM (differential change map)

    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: Exam 70-448

    Dumps are cheating. They are actual questions taken from the real exams in violation of the NDA that all exam candidates must accept.

    Using or distributing braindumps can result in your...

    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: Error setting recovery model in maintenance plan?!

    WebTechie38 (5/7/2011)


    2) I am not understanding how I am breaking the log chain.

    The switch to simple recovery breaks the log chain. Means that log backups taken after 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

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  • RE: Reindexing

    Page count in sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats.

    It's not that you can't, it's that it's totally pointless. The point where reindexing has a performance impact is usually somewhere around 1000 pages.

    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: Copy off original data, even if it is corrupt - before restoring backups?

    Generally only in the case of a disaster (fatal corruption, drive failure, server failure, etc)

    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: Reindexing

    Let me guess, the indexes are 2-3 pages in size?

    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: SQLDUMP GENERATED

    Not post. Call customer support. Unless it's a new bug they will charge you for the call.

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295539

    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: Copy off original data, even if it is corrupt - before restoring backups?

    SkyBox (5/7/2011)


    I may have to modify my backup plan as the size increases.

    If you need zero downtime, or anything close to that, a backup plan is not sufficient. It's part...

    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?

    Jeff Moden (5/7/2011)


    GilaMonster (5/6/2011)


    Off to SQLSaturday, the first one in Africa

    You can only say that once. I don't know if you had anything to do with it but congratulations...

    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: Auto growth for Transaction Log

    The general recommendation is to chose a fixed MB growth, as the % can give you nasty surprises with larger files.

    The autogrow should not be relied on, it should be...

    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?

    Off to SQLSaturday, the first one in Africa

    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?

    Brandie Tarvin (5/6/2011)


    Whoot! Did I mention I just got another story accepted? "The Hunt for Liberty Jones," my second science fiction story. And yesterday, I received the edits request.

    Editor's Note:


    ...

    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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