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  • RE: Introduction to Indexes

    AD7 (1/7/2011)


    Thanks Gail. Brilliant article. Can't wait for part 2 and 3.

    They're available, see the links at the end of the article. These three were originally published Nov 2009. Steve's...

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  • RE: Multiple "x rows affected" after query has executed

    Do you have the execution plan on? Normally it would be triggers.

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  • RE: unique Index for existing table with duplicates

    Um, no. This is not a corrupt database, it's a table that has duplicates that need removing.

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  • RE: Performance tuning tips for beginners

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-2/

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  • RE: Interview

    GSquared (1/6/2011)


    I dug around with a search engine a bit, and "sev3/sev4" refers to software support "severity level". There aren't standard definitions, but it appears that the higher the...

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  • RE: XML vs ntext

    What do you do with the xml in the database?

    If you put it in nvarchar, it's just a piece of text. If you put it in XML, you can add...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Doubt clarification

    Yes. But do some research and reading up first, and also it would help people find your questions if the titles were meaningful.

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  • RE: Introduction to Indexes

    brendanc (1/6/2011)


    Just a comment, clustered indexes are order physically when the index is created and maintained logically there after.

    Physically within the file, yes (mostly), physically on disk still no...

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  • RE: Query to find the row size in a user table

    Please note this thread is 2 years old.

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  • RE: Doubt clarification

    ziller (1/6/2011)


    No, I was thinking if the columns needed were not part of the index key, they would not be returned in any way sorted.

    Wouldn't change a thing. If SQL...

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  • RE: Doubt clarification

    ziller (1/6/2011)


    If the data is not part of the clustered key, right.

    You mean if SQL uses another index? Index scan rather than clustered index scan?

    I guess I'm thinking...

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  • RE: Doubt clarification

    ziller (1/6/2011)


    one difference between a clustered index scan and a table scan is the data retrieved via a clustered scan is returned ordered, using the clustered index path, whereas a...

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  • RE: Doubt clarification

    Koen (da-zero) (1/6/2011)


    An additional resource that says table scan and index scan are not the same (as opposed of the article of Pinal Dave):

    http://www.sql-server-performance.com/faq/graphical_query_pla_%20optimizer%20_p1.aspx

    There's a fair bit of incorrect information...

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  • RE: Doubt clarification

    Koen (da-zero) (1/6/2011)


    If you have a clustered index, an index scan is the same as a table scan.

    If you have a clustered index, then a clustered index scan is equivalent...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Interpretting the results of a REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS

    Do note there's damage to the Sites table as well. So this may be more than just some missing documents. Take a backup before you start, test that the backup...

    Gail Shaw
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