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  • RE: Error when trying to restore a database on SQL Server 2005

    Please note: 5 year old thread.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Creation date of a row

    prady_1988 (4/1/2011)


    Yes i could restore a backup with DB prior to Jan 1st 2009, but i would need another DB containing only the records which were added after Jan 1st...

    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: Does dropping a database clear any proc cache and or data cache for the db from memory

    It clears both. As does detach, restore, offline.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DMV IDX PHY STATS Query Does Not Show All IDX Names

    foscsamuels (3/31/2011)


    It includes alter table rebuild, but it looks like that is new for sql 2008.

    http://sqlblog.com/blogs/tibor_karaszi/archive/2009/08/28/heaps-forwarding-pointers-alter-table-rebuild-and-non-clustered-indexes.aspx

    It is indeed, SQL 2008 only.

    Generally there aren't too many good reasons for a table...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DMV IDX PHY STATS Query Does Not Show All IDX Names

    Yes, more concern over forwarding pointers. However the point is moot, you can't rebuild a heap.

    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: Poor database design

    Sean, next time it happens, if you're allowed to investigate, feel free to post specific questions and we'll see what we can help with.

    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: DMV IDX PHY STATS Query Does Not Show All IDX Names

    Make sure that you are in the DB that you refer to. Index Physical Stats is database independent, sys.indexes is not. There's nothing wrong with your code that I can...

    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: Restore

    Vertigo44 (3/31/2011)


    Ughh. Yeah I think I'm going to read up on taking away delete rights next! 😀

    If this is a production server, why the hell do they have any rights...

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

    David Benoit (3/31/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (3/31/2011)


    Jeez, that guy (or girl) is lost. One more response and then I'm done. I'm the Scary DBA, not the Saintly DBA.

    If it is the post...

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

    SQL 7?

    From the forum you posted in I assumed 2005.

    You can restore the logs with standby and inch the STOP AT time forward bit by bit. Tedious, but that's about...

    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: Table fillrate and other info!

    I'm working on it, but it's not simple and I can't work on it while busy with client work.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQL server 2008 r2 versions not the same, how do you make them the same

    Lynn Pettis (3/31/2011)


    I just noticed that you are doing this for mirroring the database. I'm not a database mirroring expert, but I am pretty sure both servers need to...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL server 2008 r2 versions not the same, how do you make them the same

    THE-FHA (3/31/2011)


    Oh ok.

    but cant you jst upgrade 10.00.4000 to 10.50.*** without having to upgrade the entire server or that would still give issues? Isnt there a CU for this to...

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

    prakashmohandoss86 (3/31/2011)


    Im using sql server 2005. I tried to update one column using substring function it contains some 9500000 records.

    It took more than 1 hour and immediately i have tried...

    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: Not able to restore in WIndows 2008 Enterprise Edition from Standard Edition

    There is no solution. You cannot restore a SQL 2008 R2 database to SQL 2008. They are separate versions of SQL and downgrade has never been possible for a SQL...

    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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