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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (5/25/2010)


    How on goddess' green earth do you get to be an MC flipping A and not have a full understanding of natural & artificial keys?

    MCA, in this case,...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (5/25/2010)


    I haven't been posting here at the water cooler because, frankly, I was appalled at how many posts I had here. But I have to share this one...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Index on IDENTITY column

    karthikeyan-444867 (5/25/2010)


    I am sure we shouldn't create Clustered index/primary key on an IDENTITY column.

    There's a big, massive, huge difference between not using an int identity for a primary key and...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Error executing "Check Database Integrity Task" job

    Hang on, is this a SQL 2000 server? I know you said 2008, but this is something that could happen on SQL 2000, but not more recent versions.

    SELECT @@version

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Maintenance plan backup issue

    pobeda (5/24/2010)


    3) Nothing in Event viewer or SQL Log at the time of error, however, I am getting this message in sql log 5-6 times a day

    05/24/2010 04:00:04,spid15s,Unknown,SQL Server has...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Query Cost ~ USD $$$

    Paul White NZ (5/25/2010)


    Whatever figure you decide on, remember to send 80% of it to the people on here that have helped you over the last year 😀

    Only the last...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Eroor : Invalid object name 'messages'.

    A CTE can only be referenced in the query that immediately follows it. It doesn't have batch or procedure scoping. You can repeat the CTE definition before the second insert,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Constant Scan vs Clustered index scan

    Paul White NZ (5/25/2010)


    It sucks a bit as a solution for reasons already given in this thread (not SARGable) but that doesn't stop people using it.

    Also doesn't stop people using...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Time Consuming

    Without seeing the code, it's very, very hard to give any useful advice.

    Watch out for the lack of statistics on table variables. you're probably getting bad execution plans as a...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Need help with 70-431 practice

    Oksana March (5/25/2010)


    Or in other words, is it possible to see a list of ALL possible questions that may be in the exam?

    I know memorizing the answers is not a...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Microsoft Sql Server error:601

    What errors are there in the SQL error log?

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

    Mornings and evenings are getting nippy up here too. Looks like it's going to cool down further over the weekend.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Microsoft Sql Server error:601

    Duplicate post. No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic927206-146-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: If statement in tsql bad idea

    spatemp (5/24/2010)


    1) it either recompiles stored proc on every use

    2) or the sql statement inside the "if" are not cached etc....

    Neither is true.

    What you can get is a form of...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How To Take A Full Backup From SQL 2008 server for 2000 server Database

    You cannot take a backup of a database on a SQL 2008 instance and restore it on SQL 2000. Once a database is attached to a SQL 2008 instance, it...

    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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