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  • RE: On which file the table will be created?

    Both.

    If there are multiple files in a filegroup SQL will stripe data across all of them.

    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 SQL 2000 DB into SQL 2008 DB Server

    Try taking another backup?

    With a SQL 2000 backup, Verifyonly is going to check the headers and just a couple other things. Not a guarantee that the backup will restore.

    Also 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: SSIS 2005 Interview Questions

    There's no fixed set of questions, different companies will ask different questions. Memorising questions is not the way to go about preparing for an interview. A good interviewer can tell...

    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 SQL 2000 DB into SQL 2008 DB Server

    Sounds like the backup is corrupt or the original database is corrupt. Is there any way you can get a fresh backup of the 2000 database? If so, run this...

    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: MCTS content

    The only content you're going to find at the MS site is the list of skills measured.

    http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-432&locale=en-us#tab2

    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: Transaction Log

    shaik.masrath (9/14/2010)


    It is not possible to take Transactional log backup. becoz in simple recovery model transactions are not stored in .LDF file after a full backup.

    Um, no.

    In simple recovery inactive...

    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?

    Hey Jeff. Please join the club of people that clearly don't know what a BIT column is. How dare you say that the working code is not working! 😀 :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: SQL Server Index Comparision

    Redgate's SQL Compare is good here.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Total Server Memory Vs Target Server Memory

    sqlbuddy123 (9/13/2010)


    So here is the deal..

    If Total Memory >= Target Memory ------> Represents Memory Pressure

    If Total > Target it means that SQL is trimming its working set due to 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: Auditor Knowledge of Database Environment

    Ninja's_RGR'us (9/13/2010)


    GilaMonster (9/13/2010)


    Please note: 4 year old thread.

    Are they any less clueless now?

    Not from what I've seen here.

    Doubt it. That would violate the law of conservation of cluelessness.

    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: Auditor Knowledge of Database Environment

    Please note: 4 year old thread.

    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: Advice on Indexing Tables for Performance Imporovement

    The book Steve recommended is a good one.

    The thing is, perf tuning's a huge area and one that's not easy to learn by yourself. I got a start by learning...

    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: Advice on Indexing Tables for Performance Imporovement

    The primary key is an index, always. Whether it's better as clustered or nonclustered is hard to say without analysing the system. The queries that run against the tables determine...

    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: The Certification Debate

    Please note: 4 year old thread bumped by a spammer.

    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: Very slow query with only 2 joins

    Please post execution plan as a .sqlplan file as per http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/

    Can you edit that query and qualify the join columns with their table names? Sounds like you've managed to create...

    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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