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  • RE: DBCC Timewarp

    H-122523 (4/1/2010)


    Yes, indeed!, You also?

    Yup. Degree in physics, haven't used it much recently (except for making up realistic-sounding explanations of non-existent SQL commands)

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  • RE: Improve Stored Procedure

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/03/19/catch-all-queries/

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: No More NULL

    tlough (4/1/2010)


    Instead of an arbitrary baseline of 1/1/1900 for datetime, maybe something more memorable....like 4/1/1900?

    What's special about the 4th of January? 😉

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DBCC Timewarp

    H-122523 (4/1/2010)


    137 is an odd answer, in more than one way actually...

    I'll take the blame for that value.

    1/137 is (aprox) the value of the fine structure constant, used in...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Decoding the SQL Server Index Structure

    Awesome. Love the latter half.

    They will expect to see various diagrams an code such as this.

    psychological research has shown that some people will only read the first few words of...

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

    Steve Jones - Editor (3/31/2010)


    I'll try to get through this thread, once I remove about 600 messages from my email

    Ctrl-A, Shift-Del

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Internal architecture of SQL SERVER

    Have you read through Books Online? There's info on all of those in there (well, except no 7)

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DBCC CHECKDB ends with false positives

    Then you have transient IO problems. Are you seeing any 825 errors in your error log?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Lynn Pettis (3/31/2010)


    GilaMonster (3/31/2010)


    WayneS (3/31/2010)


    dma-669038 (3/31/2010)


    One guy i talked to did not know the difference between table scan and index seek except that 'it ran faster')

    Makes me wonder what he...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    WayneS (3/31/2010)


    dma-669038 (3/31/2010)


    One guy i talked to did not know the difference between table scan and index seek except that 'it ran faster')

    Makes me wonder what he thinks the difference...

    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 2008 standard x64 help - unable to truncate / re-create 2 log files

    Alex V (3/31/2010)


    Looked and deleted the database from the list of publishers.

    Should be possible to disable distribution completely. I'll investigate for you tomorrow.

    This database is set for simple recovery. Currently,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How to tune this query

    Please post complete table definitions, index definitions and execution plan, as per http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/

    Have you considered normalising that table?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL 2008 standard x64 help - unable to truncate / re-create 2 log files

    Alex V (3/31/2010)


    OK. Figured out the DBO error, changed the ownership of the database and deleted replication publication.

    Do I need to delete all the agent jobs related to replication manually?

    They...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Error Running Shrink Command

    dwh-1095413 (3/31/2010)


    I think the tables that are in error were able to be dropped or recreated. We are currently running another checkdb to see if any new errors occur after...

    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 2008 standard x64 help - unable to truncate / re-create 2 log files

    Ok, good.

    This probably looks a little strange, but does generally fix the problem.

    Create a transactional replication publication on that database and publish a single table. Doesn't matter which table. Wizard...

    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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