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  • RE: Where do you look for DBA's?

    GSquared (1/20/2011)


    ... Object Data Base Connections (ODBC)

    Well to start, ODBC does not stand for Object Data Base Connection. Buzzword scrabble time.

    plus expert level understanding of web protocols such as...

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  • RE: SQL Server 2005 Datatypes Help

    chaingang.174 (1/20/2011)


    My Project Manager told me that I should Maintain a document regarding the datatypes which should be used as performance and durability in mind ..

    Data types don't have any...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Where do you look for DBA's?

    Ferguson (1/20/2011)


    Where I continue to resist however is the whole generalist idea. They must be out there.

    Sure they are. However you've indicated you want hotshots. Top skills. You're...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Difference between Lazywriter and checkpoint

    Sachin Nandanwar (1/20/2011)


    If I decide to set a recovery interval which will in turn affect the point where the checkpoint occurs then will the Lazywriter flush the dirty pages to...

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

    Brandie Tarvin (1/20/2011)


    I saw a job description once that very specifically asked for 5 years experience in SQL 2005.

    That was in May of 2005.

    5 years experience on a product that...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQL Server 2005 Datatypes Help

    School homework? Odd request certainly.

    Pick the most appropriate data type that's as small as possible but not smaller.

    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: Reading Log files

    mohammed moinudheen (1/20/2011)


    If the deletion happened recently, may be you could find what you are looking for.

    The default trace does not store DML actions (select, insert, update, delete).

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Where do you look for DBA's?

    Ferguson (1/19/2011)


    I think all of you are over-blowing the project management part, but that all of you are says I need to rethink the wording. basically i want people...

    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: Best practice for building a SELECT query based on multiple paramters

    JayK (1/19/2011)


    My query, which returns 60830 rows went from an execution time of 11 mins 05 secs to 23 secs.

    :w00t: That's excellent. Glad to hear.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Clustered Index Showing Twice

    nvarchar is not a LOB data type. nvarchar(MAX) is. I don't know how the script works, but it must be misidentifying that this table has a LOB column

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

    Craig Farrell (1/19/2011)


    Anyone know what brand of cookies (or cigars) the current MVPGA likes? 😉

    Bribing a committee is an expensive proposition. :hehe:

    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 (1/19/2011)


    Side note: How does one become a MS SQL MVP? My google-fu is failing miserably.

    You get a nice little email from MS on the first day of...

    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 Full Backup

    Not for SQL backups. Not if you actually want them restorable.

    As for system backups, no idea, I'm not a system administrator.

    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?

    Justin 17041 (1/19/2011)


    JOIN Orderdetails

    ON orders.orderid = orderdetails.orderid

    WHERE Ordersdetails.ProductCode Like ('Upgrade%')

    ORDER BY Orders.Salesrep_Customerid ASC

    Should it be in instead of Like because i need it to select all the product...

    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: Clustered Index Showing Twice

    The clustered index IS the table. It has at the leaf level all the columns in the table. Hence you added a LOB column to the clustered index (which is...

    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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