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  • RE: Stop Recovery Progress. Urgent help needed

    You did notice this thread is over a year and a half old?

    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)

    Please post table definitions, sample data and desired output. Read this to see the best way to post this to get quick responses.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/

    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: when a checkpoint was last performed

    That information isn't recorded in any table or DMV. I don't even know if there's a profiler event for it.

    If you're feeling brave, you can directly interrogate the transaction 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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Roy Ernest (1/8/2010)


    Hens have teeth was really bad..I mean the OP was way over his head in that issue. He has no clue about SQL Server.

    600 posts later. Seems 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?

    CirquedeSQLeil (1/8/2010)


    Lynn Pettis (1/8/2010)


    GilaMonster (1/8/2010)


    Not touching with 10 ft barge pole.

    Quite familiar with the expression. I know exactly what it means. 😛 That's why the joke about 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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: About using dumps

    runaldo (1/8/2010)


    do you just read without testing the features?

    Lol. I said I didn't bother studying for the last two certs. That's because I fiddle and test all the time, 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: About using dumps

    runaldo (1/8/2010)


    Anyone have a MS list on this on qualified vendors?

    See my previous post, specifically the point about the Microsoft Certified Practice Test Providers and the link at the bottom.

    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 (1/8/2010)


    GilaMonster (1/8/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (1/8/2010)


    Lynn Pettis (1/8/2010)


    Hens have teeth. 😛

    Light and hope fading quickly for this one.

    Not touching with 10 ft barge pole.

    I have a 12 ft pole if...

    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?

    CirquedeSQLeil (1/8/2010)


    Lynn Pettis (1/8/2010)


    Hens have teeth. 😛

    Light and hope fading quickly for this one.

    Not touching with 10 ft barge pole.

    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: Jr sql dba phone interview questions

    If I may ask, where in the world are you based?

    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: About using dumps

    runaldo (1/8/2010)


    Gail estimates about 80 hrs and thats about the time I use I guess.

    No. I pulled that number out of thin air. What I said was "If...

    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: About using dumps

    Let's put it this way. You cannot simply memorise the self-test questions and answers and hope to pass the exam. With brain dumps, that's exactly the point of them. 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: About using dumps

    runaldo (1/8/2010)


    How close is "mimic" to the others then :Whistling: ? So your sure that MeasureUp and Selftest.. are any moralistically better (with MS' blessing).

    Same style of questions, based...

    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: About using dumps

    runaldo (1/8/2010)


    For people with familiy obligations it's just too demanding with busy work, get children from school/kindergarden and start reading at 9 pm. I aim to see my kids awake...

    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: About using dumps

    Brain dumps are cheating. They are actual questions, taken from the exam (in violation of the NDA that candidates must accept) and posted online. Hence, when you look at brain...

    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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