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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (1/28/2010)

    We meet second Thursday of each month. Pacific Time zone.

    Same as Seattle? That puts you 10 hours behind me. So if you meet at 7pm, it'll be 5am...

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 10:51 am

    #1110229

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (1/28/2010)

    I was thinking of suggesting this as a possibility for our chapter too. What do you use Jack (for remote presentations)? I imagine a webcam and good...

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 10:20 am

    #1110196

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (1/28/2010)

    Have any of you tried replacing webcasts at your meetings? I know there's a ton (hmm, how much does a webcast weigh?) of them out there that...

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 10:19 am

    #1110195

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (1/28/2010)

    He may have meant that he has "read the books" and that is basically all he knows whereas others have "so much time on", meaning more time working...

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 9:29 am

    #1110153

  • RE: Conflicting Information

    kingscriber (1/28/2010)

    I am afraid that I am going to have to become that performance tuning professional. I am not foreign to SQL, just foreign to SQL from a DBA perspective....

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 9:19 am

    #1110141

  • RE: Recovery SQL 2005 database fromTransaction log

    If you have never, ever done a backup of that database (and if so why the hell not), then there is little or no chance that you will be able...

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 8:57 am

    #1110124

  • RE: SQL Mail does not work with the 64-bit version of SQL Server

    Krasavita (1/28/2010)

    RESPECT PEOPLE

    Good idea. I don't get the impression you have much respect for us or our time.

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 8:53 am

    #1110119

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (1/28/2010)

    Oh ... No ... Halo tarnishing and slipping!

    I think it's justified, especially with his last comment...

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 8:43 am

    #1110109

  • RE: Conflicting Information

    Have a look at this blog post as well, since it addresses the selectivity question.

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/01/19/index-columns-selectivity-and-equality-predicates/

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 8:39 am

    #1110103

  • RE: SQL Mail does not work with the 64-bit version of SQL Server

    Krasavita (1/28/2010)

    I read the books, you have so much time on you,so lucky

    Excuse me?

    Are you implying that you'd rather we spend the time looking up the answers for you rather...

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 8:34 am

    #1110094

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (1/28/2010)

    I almost added a comment about not paying for Gail's travel expenses.

    and I was just about to make some snarky comments.... 😉

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 8:32 am

    #1110089

  • RE: Conflicting Information

    kingscriber (1/28/2010)

    If the purpose for a non-clustered index is mainly for higher selectability (more unique or distinct) then why would the execution plan suggest that I have one on a...

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 8:32 am

    #1110088

  • RE: Conflicting Information

    kingscriber (1/26/2010)

    Because the data is physically sorted based on the clustered key, using this column as a join will be faster so that the clustered index can point directly 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

    January 28, 2010 at 8:15 am

    #1110066

  • RE: Sql 2005 Update Script Question

    I'm going to assume that you didn't read the article I referenced. Please take a minute or two and do so.

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 8:10 am

    #1110060

  • RE: A Giant Hurdle blocks my Giant Leap! (MSDE 2000)

    I don't think there is a specific question. From reading the first couple and last couple of lines, it looks like sprabhakaran is just getting started in SQL and wants...

    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

    January 28, 2010 at 8:09 am

    #1110057

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