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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I'm feeling just a little bit sarcastic this friday night...

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic922329-146-1.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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  • RE: Sample database design, development, test and deployment for an online student class.

    Would you like fries with that?

    This editorial from yesterday may be of interest. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/70267/

    We're happy to help, but not to do the entire job for you. In addition, 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Recovering from Corrupted MDF file and optimal transaction log

    FelixG (5/14/2010)


    having in consideration that log contains all the transactions since last differential backup....

    but it won't.

    If he had not truncated the log, it would, and then it would...

    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
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  • RE: Recovering from Corrupted MDF file and optimal transaction log

    No.

    The key fact here is this:

    his database was set for full recovery mode and he truncated the log daily after the differential backup as the TL (naturally) was growing...

    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: DBCC CHECKDB Consistency Error

    What are objects 226099846 and 210099789?

    SELECT object_name(226099846)

    SELECT object_name(210099789)

    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
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  • RE: DBCC CHECKDB Consistency Error

    That error's not repairable. This is a 2005 server? CheckDB has been succeeding until recently? I ask, cause this is usually the result of someone doing ad-hoc direct updates to...

    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
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  • RE: Unexpected Clustered Index Scan

    Stefan_G (5/14/2010)


    If you think the optimizer chose the wrong plan you can force it to always uses a loop join by using a hint.

    However a loop join to join 16...

    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
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  • RE: Getting error 'Must declare the variable '@rc'.

    This works for me

    DECLARE @table sysname, @where VARCHAR(100), @sql NVARCHAR(500), @record_count INT

    SET @table = 'sysobjects'

    SET @Where = 'xtype = ''u'''

    -- Do the work to get the record count from 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

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  • RE: More, More, More

    Stefan Krzywicki (5/14/2010)


    Whenever I do a search I immediately turn off scripts and forum and do the search again. I want to see articles and blogs first and if I...

    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
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Chris Morris-439714 (5/14/2010)


    Anybody with the initials JC is doomed to have uncompetitive people skills but this guy really takes the biscuit.

    Apparently he's actually a very nice guy and 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: Backup Log Failing in FULL recovery mode.

    I would suggest contacting Microsoft's customer support. I have no idea what's happening, I asked a few others if they had any idea, also nothing.

    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: Updations Peroformance Issues..

    You're updating the entire table, hence the entire table will be locked for the duration of the update statement.

    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
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  • RE: commit transcation

    Shivrudra (5/14/2010)


    In MS-SQL Server all DML statements are:

    1.Auto committed

    2. Need to be committed with commit command after transaction.

    3.Each DML must be preceded with BEGIN TRANSACTION

    4 None...

    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
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  • RE: What not to do....

    Do you think that EXEC and CAST (@var AS varchar) are allowed?

    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: More, More, More

    I would suggest some work on the search and on the organisation of the articles and scripts. To be honest, the site's search seems almost useless, I get better results...

    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

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