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  • RE: sql performance issue

    Yes, lots of ways. Start by optimising the queries and tuning indexes.

    If you want more detail, you're going to have to give us a lot more to work with. As...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: sql performane issue

    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/Topic849529-360-1.aspx

    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: Linked Server - 32bit driver on 64bit system - HELP!!

    It's the biggest problem when moving to 64 bit operating system and SQL. The thing is, there are no work arounds to make it work. 64 bit SQL Server cannot...

    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: Is it possible to keep my database in RAM????

    If those databases are used frequently then the data pages that are often used will be in cache.

    There's no way to prioritise memory usage between databases on the same...

    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: Is there a performance gain using If Not exists versus If (select coun(*) from ... see example

    That's something I never do. I prefer to run the queries a couple of times and ignore the first run (which is the one that would be affected by 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: Is there a performance gain using If Not exists versus If (select coun(*) from ... see example

    GOC-481399 (1/18/2010)


    Also remember that the execution plan will tell you what the relative cost of the queries will be. If you execute both queries at the same time and look...

    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: Is there a performance gain using If Not exists versus If (select coun(*) from ... see example

    As you have it written there, no. There is no performance difference and it's easy enough to test. SQL's smart enough to see that you've just checking if a row...

    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: updating 1,000 records takes 5-6 minutes I would like to decrease the time that takes

    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/18/2010)


    Errh, wrong thread Gail :hehe:.

    I hate it when SSC does that. Answering 2 threads at the same time stuff often gets posted to wrong thread. Now where did 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: How do I downgrade from SQL 2008 Std to 2005 Std?

    I have the feeling this is less of a case of it not working on SQL 2008 than it simply isn't supported on SQL 2008. So it might run on...

    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: Missing Stored Procedure...

    yankleber (1/18/2010)


    Well, normally I find my SPs by looking at the left column (like in the Windows Explorer).

    That's called Object Explorer

    Anyway, it isn't showing up in any SP list...

    Have you...

    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: Missing Stored Procedure...

    What do you mean by 'where it is'?

    Are you looking for it in the Object Explorer of Management studio?

    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: updating 1,000 records takes 5-6 minutes I would like to decrease the time that takes

    What do you want to bet that there's still a cursor or two in that.

    I had a process a while back that deleted 2 million rows, did aggregations over 150...

    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: Database Integrity Error

    Yup, that's the SQL error log. It indicates exactly what I said earlier, the error was not in theDB integrity step (all the CheckDBs finished successfully), it was in one...

    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: Deadlock Scenario

    kingscriber (1/18/2010)


    I know that cursors can run slow. I am thinking that when you open a cursor (still trying to find an exact answer) it sets a different isolation level...

    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: Will SQL-08 accepts extra processor ???

    Patience, this isn't a chatroom, it's a forum. No need to bump your post after 2 hours. Give it 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

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