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  • RE: How to set the proper wait time for SPID's

    It just means that the connection is open but is running no queries at this point in time. It's not a problem.

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

    Alvin Ramard (3/15/2010)


    Anybody else see a problem with this statement?

    DECLARE @selectDate = getdate()-365

    Leap years are vastly overrated.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Dealing with Invalid found by DBCC CHECKDB DATA_PURITY

    Which column(s) are the primary key of this table?

    This should be easy enough to fix with some straightforward updates, but need the pk (or unique column) to identify the row....

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: sql 2008 - three databases cannot be backed up - message '170(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 15105)'

    mathias-ruehn (3/15/2010)


    i tried to backup / restore vor migration,

    but got the same message

    Backup/restore, detach/attach will have the same result, a database in SQL 2008 format.

    database engineer said,

    that this error occurs...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Running Profiler remotely using Profiler GUI

    Rajan John-243593 (3/12/2010)


    also, will running profiler remotely pull trace data to the remote machine and then push back to the server to write on the server?

    Yes.

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

    Lynn Pettis (3/15/2010)


    Grant Fritchey (3/15/2010)


    Lynn Pettis (3/15/2010)


    Grant Fritchey (3/15/2010)


    GSquared (3/15/2010)


    Grant Fritchey (3/15/2010)


    Oh cool, tossed under another bus. Thanks Alvin.

    What year? (My birthday was yesterday, so I'm curious as 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

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  • RE: Running Profiler remotely using Profiler GUI

    Bad idea. Using the profiler GUI at all on a production server is a bad idea.

    http://scarydba.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/profiler-research/

    http://scarydba.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/snags-with-profiler-gui/

    Rather use the server-side trace and save the trace to a fast local drive.

    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: Products with Last Purchase Date and Last Purchase ID

    I'm going to assume you didn't read the article.... Please do so.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Products with Last Purchase Date and Last Purchase ID

    Please post table definitions, sample data and desired output. Read this to see the best way to post this to get quick responses.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: How to Manage Very Large Database?

    That's a bit of a vague question. Can you be more specific as to what you're looking for? Also, is this a 24x7 uptime DB or do you have large...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: How to check if indexing is running?

    By 'indexing' do you mean index creation? Rebuilding indexes? Something else?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Online Full Backups

    Change the backup so it goes to a local drive, will be much faster. Once the backup has completed then copy it remotely. That should decrease the time that the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: How to check if indexing is running?

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes peoples time and fragments replies.

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic882719-360-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Invalid object name 'master.dbo.sysxlogins'.

    What error were you getting when trying to query that on SQL 2000?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Invalid object name 'master.dbo.sysxlogins'.

    That was an undocumented table and looks like it's not in SQL 2005.

    You shouldn't be trying to use it anyway. Rather use one of the system views (depending what you're...

    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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