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  • RE: How to find out unused indexes

    Just bear in mind that the data in that DMV is since the last time the DB was started up. So if you restart the SQL instance frequently or have...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Can sql server 2005 mdf be attached to sql server 2000

    Douglas Murphy (2/8/2010)


    I am wondering if I upsize the access back end file to SQL Server 2005 with compatibility mode set to 80 and then detach it 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

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  • RE: Clustered Index Scan: How to fix ?

    Try a nonclustered index on (BlogID, Page, Deleted) on the DIM_Blog table

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Shifting from Simple to Full Recovery Model

    If you change to full recovery, you have to be running log backups.

    Please read through this - Managing Transaction Logs[/url]

    What's your reason for switching from Simple to Full? It's 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

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  • RE: A guide to recover a database out from Suspect mode

    Joan OBryan (2/8/2010)


    The easiest way I found to recover in this scenario was to take the database OFFLINE (not detach!) and then bring it back ONLINE in Enterprise Manager. This...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQL Server -- under the covers

    Barkingdog (2/8/2010)[hrFor example, a field declared as varchar (100) will generally use less space than one defined as char(100). Assuming, of course, the data comes in a variety of lengths....

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: best new features of SQL 2008 r2???

    george sibbald (2/8/2010)


    to my mind MS should have gone the whole hog and called 2008 R2 SQL 2010, would have been more consistent with past practices.

    Windows Server 2003, Windows Server...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (2/8/2010)


    I didn't see your response as nasty. Came across fine to me.

    The first draft was a little more vicious. I revised it before posting.

    I have...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: best new features of SQL 2008 r2???

    george sibbald (2/8/2010)


    Will I be able to apply 2008 R2 SP1 to 2008 SP1?

    I would highly doubt it, no more than you can apply SQL 2008 SP1 to SQL 2005...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: best new features of SQL 2008 r2???

    Steve Jones - Editor (2/8/2010)


    Actually I think this is the way to do. So many people have complained about features in SPs, myself included. I prefer SPs to be just...

    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: Differential Backup

    Maybe, maybe not.

    Depends how big the DB is, how long it takes to backup full, diff or log, how long the restores take, what the downtime allowance of 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: best new features of SQL 2008 r2???

    george sibbald (2/8/2010)


    at least we now know why it was called R2 and not just released as SP2!

    Because it's not a service pack. It's a set of add-ons for SQL...

    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: Differential Backup of Specific Full Backup

    A copy_only doesn't reset the differential base. That's about it.

    Depending on how active the DB is, those diffs may not be appreciably smaller than the fulls over a period 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: A guide to recover a database out from Suspect mode

    A suspect DB has to be set to Emergency mode before CheckDB can be run. There's a brief (one sentence) mention of running CheckDB in Scenario 3, right before 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: Differential Backup of Specific Full Backup

    You could make every backup other than the sunday backup a COPY ONLY backup, however there's some problem in restoring copy_only backups using the management studio GUI (T-SQL script works...

    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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