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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Craig Farrell (10/5/2010)


    GilaMonster (10/5/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (10/5/2010)


    GilaMonster (10/5/2010)


    Local version:

    Q: How do you eat an elephant?

    A: One bite at a time.

    That's the opposite of:

    Q: How do you put an elephant in a...

    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?

    Alvin Ramard (10/5/2010)


    GilaMonster (10/5/2010)


    Local version:

    Q: How do you eat an elephant?

    A: One bite at a time.

    That's the opposite of:

    Q: How do you put an elephant in a refrigerator?

    A: Open 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Clustered Indexes

    Craig Farrell (10/5/2010)


    Which begs the question, why the heck are there extents in the first place for anything but LOB data...

    An extent is nothing more than a contiguous 8 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: SQL SERVER Training on Advanced database administration

    Derrick Smith (10/5/2010)


    (I'm just shy of MCDBA..which I should get, but I don't want to pay for it myself :))

    Not any more... All the MCDBA exams (excluding maybe 1) are...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQL SERVER Training on Advanced database administration

    sqlbuddy123 (10/5/2010)


    My two cents..

    You can check these books to become a master

    I'll disagree slightly...

    Books alone will not make you a master. Books + experience + experimentation may, with sufficient dedication...

    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 Indexes

    Craig Farrell (10/5/2010)


    I got it right, but a question regarding dedicated extents. I know page splits will happen, etc etc, but does an extent stay compact for a range...

    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?

    LutzM (10/5/2010)


    Or, like my boss used to say: "If you need to swallow an elephant: slice it!" (It might have a different interpretation down there in SA thought 😉 )

    Local...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Can i have simple recovery for my distribution Database in a transactional replication

    Derrick Smith (10/5/2010)


    Actually IIRC, all of the databases involved in replication can be set to simple.

    Yup. Replication does not depend on a specific recovery model.

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

    WayneS (10/5/2010)


    Second - do you use the SSMSToolsPack? It has a code snippet feature, where you type in an abbreviation and the predefined code is entered in the code window....

    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 (10/5/2010)


    WayneS (10/4/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (10/4/2010)


    I just realized who our drop database OP was. Doh

    Hmm. This made me go look at previous posts. Quite interesting...

    What did I miss?

    This:

    GilaMonster (10/4/2010)


    For your...

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (10/5/2010)


    Wow - I think I would pull that PM and my boss aside. That is bogus.

    The PM's boss fully supports him. I'm an external consultant (ie slave), so...

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

    Continues: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic998574-65-1.aspx

    No further replies to this thread please.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    And just when I thought the project I'm on couldn't get any worse..

    We're officially in UAT, though both the front-end dev and I are still developing. Had a meeting 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: How to: Check which query causing the most cpu usage?

    The trace events haven't changed names. To semi-replicate the default trace on SQL 20p00, create a server-side trace with the same events (hint, get profiler to create the script) then...

    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: Check which query causing the most cpu usage?

    tt-615680 (10/5/2010)


    Grant Fritchey (10/5/2010)


    Which, do the same as the default trace or capture RPC:Complete & SQL:BatchComplete events?

    Yes, I know there are many queries or sysyem sp's that cannot be used...

    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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