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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Elliott W (2/23/2010)


    I have a shirt that proclaims "GEEK" accross the front, just so there is no question..

    I have 2. One has 'geek' written in L33t.

    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: primary database coruppeted,it is in the suspected mode want to retrive

    Messages from the SQL error log please.

    Exact errors you got when querying the DB please.

    I'm not able (or willing) to help without both. I don't want paraphrased descriptions. Exact messages.

    As...

    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: Performance issue

    Jack Corbett (2/23/2010)


    3. Using an 'OR' also limits the usefulness of indexes. The Optimizer has to choose to access 2 indexes and merge those results (requires ordering) or...

    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: DMV's

    Check in Books online what the minimum permissions are for each of the things he'll need (ask him for a list) and then evaluate how you're going to do 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: DMV's

    If you check in books Online, it lists the permissions needed to query each DMV in the page on that DMV

    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: Need help on optimize the query

    moosamca (2/23/2010)


    I am having a few questions here. Could you please describe why we need to include these columns on the index.

    Because the columns are in the select clause...

    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: Delete Records

    Hunterwood (2/23/2010)


    Have you ever seen a performance problem using the code bellow (copied from the article)?

    IF ( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM .... WHERE ...) > 0

    BEGIN

    ...etc

    END

    Not on SQL 2005/2008. It may...

    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: Transaction log blowout!

    Take a look through this article - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/64582/

    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: primary database coruppeted,it is in the suspected mode want to retrive

    I would strongly suggest, if you don't have the skills in-house to fix this, call MS's customer support people. They will charge you, but it's better than depending on people...

    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: Adminstrative rights for DBA's

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes people's time and in general multiple posts in multiple forums is more likely to irritate people than cause them to help you.

    No replies...

    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: Administrative rights for DBA's

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes people's time and in general multiple posts in multiple forums is more likely to irritate people than cause them to help you.

    No replies...

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Are we geeks or not?

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Currently sitting with colleague who I don't see often discussing disk performance issues over supper.

    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: primary database coruppeted,it is in the suspected mode want to retrive

    Please post all messages in the error log and exactly what you've done until this point. Also the output of SELECT @@Version

    I suggest you don't make any more attempts 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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (2/23/2010)


    Should we save the 12,000 post for Gail when she gets back from being on-site with a client?

    You'd have to wait until Thursday afternoon if you want 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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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