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  • RE: Women in Technology

    P Jones (1/7/2010)


    What do other women think - do you want to work with operating systems and networks and hardware or with programming and web applications and databases??

    I build and...

    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: Lockings HInts - Help Required

    I strongly suggest you don't go the locking route. If you could lock the entire database, you'd essentially be preventing anyone from doing anything until the first process is complete....

    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: Dropping Tables

    scott.lucas-1068252 (1/7/2010)


    Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 135

    Cannot drop the table 'dbo.aspnet_Applications', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.

    Is that one of the tables 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: Obtimizing Query

    I don't see an execution plan anywhere.

    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: Dropping Tables

    scott.lucas-1068252 (1/7/2010)


    Gail, If I run the statement I get a list of all the tables I want to drop 😀

    Cool. Think your SQL skills are up to using the script...

    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: Obtimizing Query

    Please post table definitions, index definitions and execution plan, as per http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/

    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: Dropping Tables

    So you want to drop all tables in the Owner2 schema?

    Does this list all the tables that you want to drop?

    SELECT s.name, t.name

    FROM sys.tables t INNER JOIN sys.schemas s...

    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 PERFORMANCE ISSUE

    May I suggest that you start by looking in Books Online for info on the various commands that you want to run.

    There's no need to do SP_RECOMPILE and SP_REFRESHVIEW 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Data Pages and varbinary(max) Clustered Index Scan

    I think that depends on whether or not the query requested the varbinary(max) column or 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
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  • RE: Lockings HInts - Help Required

    Locking hints would have to be applied in Process1, since it's the one doing the updating.

    May I suggest a check at the beginning of Process2, something to check whether Process1...

    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

    We generally don't give interview questions here. It doesn't help anyone to give someone questions and answers so that they can pass an interview they should not have been 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
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  • RE: Execution of DISTINCT Clause

    *edit removed*

    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: Operating system error code 5(Access is denied.)

    The SQL Server service account does not have sufficient rights to access that folder. Note, it's the account that SQL runs under that's inportant. Not whatever you're logged in as.

    Check...

    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: Data types for stored procedure's Input Parameters

    Use nvarchar(max) rather than nvarchar(4000)

    NText is a deprecated data type, should not be used in new development and will be removed in a future version of 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Sql 2000 mdf and ndf file grows after dbcc dbreindex

    ALTER DATABASE with the MOVE clause

    Take the database offline

    Move the files

    Bring the database online.

    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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