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  • RE: To Index or not

    Please post query, index definitions and execution plan.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: To Index or not

    Indexes can be very useful on columns that have lots of repeated values. The trick is, nonclustered covering indexes.

    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: Tuning on parallel processing

    Table and index definitions please.

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

    Two points I'm going to disagree with

    Avoid the creation of an index on a column in a table when the data stored in that column has a large number of...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: can network errors on a log shippinging db halt the primary database ?

    tew (2/14/2011)


    There must be a glitch with SQL Server Central's notification system... I submitted this post 4 years ago.

    Apologies, I didn't check the date. It bubbled to the top because...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: can network errors on a log shippinging db halt the primary database ?

    tew (4/17/2007)


    Should the primary database server be unavailable if logs cannot be shipped ????? There are sql log entries generated for the duration of the issue, so the Agent was...

    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 (2/14/2011)


    GilaMonster (2/14/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (2/14/2011)


    Now I feel much better. I lose my job to Gail or I lose my job to Gail. Isn't there a third option that doesn't...

    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?

    Grant Fritchey (2/14/2011)


    Now I feel much better. I lose my job to Gail or I lose my job to Gail. Isn't there a third option that doesn't involve me losing...

    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: DBCC updateUsage

    Ninja's_RGR'us (2/14/2011)


    But I'd still run checkdb TODAY on your latest backup.

    If that was the only error that the integrity check maintenance task picked up, then there's no need. That task...

    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?

    Craig Farrell (2/14/2011)


    GilaMonster (2/14/2011)


    $#%$$#%#@#!!!!!!!

    Another promising looking contract cancelled due to lack of @#$$#@$%$ budget!

    I'm almost at the point of walking away and going to work in a book store...

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: DBCC updateUsage

    Rather run it during a maintenance window. That error's not critical, it doesn't have to be fixed immediately.

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    $#%$$#%#@#!!!!!!!

    Another promising looking contract cancelled due to lack of @#$$#@$%$ budget!

    I'm almost at the point of walking away and going to work in a book store for a few...

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: What Is The Minimum Version Of SQL Server 2008 For SSAS, SSRS, SSIS

    Evaluation is Enterprise edition.

    You could always spend around $60 and get a copy of developer. Full enterprise features, no expiry, licensed only for development.

    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: What system table maps user tables to file/pages ?

    There's no system table for that. You'll need an undocumented function.

    Described here: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Inside-the-Storage-Engine-Using-DBCC-PAGE-and-DBCC-IND-to-find-out-if-page-splits-ever-roll-back.aspx

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Truncating transaction logs

    If three times a day backup is adequate and there is no need for point in time recovery, set the database to simple recovery and leave the logs alone.

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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