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  • RE: to display no. rows

    Two things

    1) It's not guaranteed to be correct.

    2) sysindexes is a deprecated system view, included only for backward compatability with SQL 2000 and will be removed from a future...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: FILESTREAM - Should you let antivirus software can the filestream volume

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd206979.aspx

    Disable antivirus scanning of FILESTREAM volumes when it is not necessary (typo removed). If antivirus scanning is necessary, avoid setting policies that will automatically delete offending files.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: logshiping on cluster server.

    Brandie Tarvin (6/3/2010)


    nd the way the original post read, it sounds like the poster wanted to send from 1 node to the second node, not put the log shipped DB...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: logshiping on cluster server.

    Active/active has minimum 2 instances installed and has at least one instance running on both nodes. Active passive has instance only running on one node, installed but not running on...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Possible to Move db from 200 to 2008?

    MothInTheMachine (6/3/2010)


    Actually the person I sent the 2000 mdf and ldf too said that the db attached fine to their 2000 and 2005 instance but wouldn't attach to their 2008.

    Did...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Database backup management steps

    Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking. Can you be more specific please?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: High index defragmentation remains constant - always

    Bhuvnesh (6/3/2010)


    there should be substantial differnce between actual and estimated rows

    Why would there be a row estimation discrepancy?

    A discrepancy between estimated and actual rows is usually indicative of stale...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Possible to Move db from 200 to 2008?

    Tushar-355587 (6/3/2010)


    Hi Buddha,

    Restore is the BEST option as SQL Server 2008 has lots of new system tables.

    Huh?

    No matter how the DB is migrated (detach/attach, backup/restore), SQL will run a series...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: stored procedure search condtion between two dates

    GilaMonster (5/31/2010)


    Please post table definitions, sample data and expected results as per http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/

    I would also agree with Atif. The logic of intervals should remain on the front end and all...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: LDF File size get increased

    What does CPU at 100% have to do with logs growing? Sorry, but there's just not enough info here to really say much

    btw, if the log files are shrinking, then...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: .mdf 56GB TOO BIG HELP

    Get a bigger hard drive?

    Seriously, if the database has 50 odd GB of data in it, you can either delete unnecessary data or get more storage space.

    How much of...

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

    Paul White NZ (6/2/2010)


    You could see it as the perfect dead-pan response 😉

    I could, but....

    That thread also needs an award for the number of sheer useless answers. Seriously, 2 people...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Has anyone used Data Domain storage for SQL 2008 backups?

    Thread continues : http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic931272-391-1.aspx

    No replies to this thread please.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: notify the DBAs when the size of the transaction log reaches certain limit

    Is every 5 hours often enough for log backups? If the tran log is growing a lot, it may not be.

    Please read through this - Managing Transaction Logs[/url]

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

    What a waste of good sarcasm...

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic930338-1291-1.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

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