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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (1/9/2010)


    that's annoying. I hope people don't answer them, and that was what I was worried with the #sqlhelp tag.

    I answered it the same way I answer...

    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: when a checkpoint was last performed

    Paul White (1/9/2010)


    It would be interesting to know why you need to know this though...

    Agreed. It's not something I can see all that many uses in knowing. Maybe tran log...

    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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  • RE: how to add column in specified location in a table

    Why does it have to be after the 2nd column?

    If you absolutely have to have the table design in that order (for whatever reason), create a new table, copy all...

    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: Please Reply. I need a stored procedure based on some conditions.

    shahid00704 (1/8/2010)


    i think you have not studied the scenario clearly.... in sqlteam there was similar question but not the same... once again read it carefully then u will get... u...

    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: Select/Update deadlock

    badkow (1/8/2010)


    Just thought no one was interested. :ermm:

    If I wasn't interested, I wouldn't have asked for them in the first place.

    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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  • RE: memory in 64 bit when idling

    SQL will take memory a needed and will not release it unless the OS demands it back.

    So if you have a SQL service that has just started and no 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

    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?

    Great, now I'm getting Twitter messages (along with the PMs and mails) "Please answer this forum thread"

    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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  • RE: Investigating SQL Server memory dumps

    If you understand Assembler, you can download a debugger and the public symbols from Microsoft and read through the dump yourself. Other than that, no. The Customer Support team have...

    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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  • RE: SQL Server 2000 Issue

    Is there more to the error log than what you've indicated?

    Did you try to query the databases from Query Analyser like I asked?

    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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  • RE: Recover Data File - MDF

    Besides, the redgate tool is SQL 2000 only.

    There's a chance that this problem is repairable without any data loss at all. However, seeing as the OP has not bothered 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
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  • RE: Jr sql dba phone interview questions

    ddlawal (1/8/2010)


    Chicago.

    Little bit far from my neck of the woods.

    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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  • RE: Last Time Sproc fired Off?

    Just bear in mind that there are some procs (any with recompile) that will never appear at all in the cache.

    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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  • RE: Complicated Query Help (for a relative beginner)

    Did you read the article?

    What I'm asking is sample data in a usable format, something I don't have to spend hours on to get into a SQL 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: SP sometimes times out after adding Where Date Between Clause ?

    Do some analysis, work out which of the queries is the slow one. Please post table definitions, index definitions and execution plan, as per http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/

    Why are there distincts all over...

    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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  • RE: Database Tuning Adviser (DTA)

    Take DTA's recommendations with a very large pinch of salt. Test them all carefully before you decide to implement (yes, the statistics too).

    It's also worth noting that SQL seldom will...

    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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