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  • RE: Master Data Management

    Are you talking about the Master Data Management features of SQL Server 2008 R2?

    Do you have an environment complex enough to make use of that (multiple databases with related information,...

    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: trouble with AND/OR clauses

    Not specific on the AND/OR problem, but why reinvent the wheel?

    http://www.codeplex.com/PAL

    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: Should I Backup The Systems DBs and If so Which ones and why

    Yes. Say there's a single drive failure, or database corruption, or someone stops SQL and deletes one of the files belonging to a system DB. Restoring from backup is far...

    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 Injection Attempt

    It's a test.

    Telling SQL to wait 20 sec is an easy way for an attacker to tell if the system is vulnerable to SQL injection. If it is, 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: Working the Door

    If you use the code but don't get a ticket with your conference badge, speak to the ppl at registration. Stuff does sometimes get forgotten, but they're very good at...

    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: large db recovery times ? split into two databases ?

    Integrity check? SQL doesn't do an integrity check on startup. The checkDB messages in the log on startup just report the last time checkDB ran successfully.

    If you're talking about slow...

    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 QUERY TAKES more than 4 mnts....any help me plz..

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

    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: Possible Sharepoint Database corruption

    Restore from backup if you can.

    A repair might cause problems with sharepoint because of the way it discards data. Not sure here, I have asked an expert on corruption and...

    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: Does re-indexing a table change the identity seed value on a row

    sql_lock (3/9/2010)


    Show this "so called" dba that the likes of @Gail (extremely well respected in the SQL community!) say he's wrong...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

    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: Does re-indexing a table change the identity seed value on a row

    The Wall (3/9/2010)


    You are right, but this person calls himself our system administrator/ dba.

    Regardless of what he is, it's hard to argue with tests that prove 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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  • RE: How would dev go about purging data on a schedule?

    Write a stored proc that will do the purging, test that it doesn't kill the transaction log in the process, then go to whoever is responsible for scheduled jobs and...

    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: Working the Door

    Dave Schutz (3/9/2010)


    30 minute sit down session with an MVP

    That's not much of a prize.

    During the main conference you can't swing a (metaphorical) cat without hitting a couple of...

    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: Enormous Tables - How to still get Best Performance

    That's a rather vague question.

    Honestly a well-designed and well-tuned database won't slow down as rows are added. Consider partitioning if you can on the large tables, evaluate the partition columns...

    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: Does re-indexing a table change the identity seed value on a row

    The Wall (3/9/2010)


    This person insists that re-indexing changes the Identity seed value on a row, so please any links to documentation about this subject would be much appreciated. 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

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  • RE: get table-size

    exec sp_spaceused

    Called without parameters it gives details for the DB as a whole, when passed a table name gives details for that table.

    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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