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  • RE: need to create new .ndf file

    sanketahir1985 (1/6/2010)[hrif i put .ndf file to new filegrp & restricts .mdf file then what will happen?

    new data will go in .ndf or new .ndf file will be created?

    Neither. If...

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  • RE: Deadlock when NOLOCK hint is used

    John Rowan (1/5/2010)


    Keep in mind that hints are just that, hints.

    CirquedeSQLeil (1/5/2010)


    It is a strong suggestion to the query optimizer - but may not be discarded if...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Deadlock when NOLOCK hint is used

    The answer's simple. The deadlock is against the Demand table, and the subqueries that query against demand do not have the nolock hint.

    I would not suggest you add it. I...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Women in Technology

    Jen-574053 (1/6/2010)


    As a lady with two postgraduate degrees in computing science, who has a full-time occupation as a developer and Microsoft SQL Server certifications - I hope that I do...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Women in Technology

    Not all the women in IT initiatives are useful. There's a group in my area that I refuse to support and I will not attend their meetings. Why? Both group...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Recover Lost Space

    BSavoie (1/5/2010)


    Is the "Available Free Space" figure on the "Shrink Files" dialog box accurate? Is that the amount I can expect to get back?

    Pretty much, yes. If this was upgraded...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: need to create new .ndf file

    sanketahir1985 (1/5/2010)


    2. After that if i create new .ndf file on new drive location, will sql server manage to put new data into .ndf file.

    If you create it as...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Women in Technology

    Mark Chimes (1/5/2010)


    Phil Factor (1/5/2010)


    Some estimates describe an alarming percentage fall from 40% to 20%. Clearly something must be done to reverse the trend.</A>[/B]

    Why?

    If there previously were 40%...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Why are there so many 'if you don't help me I'll lose my job' posts all over the place? I just got one by PM. Frankly, seeing that in a...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How to resolve this deadlock caused by update/delete

    You can add table locks if you like, if you don't mind forcing SQL to run only one thing at a time. It's not a good thing for concurrency and...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Select/Update deadlock

    badkow (1/5/2010)


    The indexes are pretty normal.

    I'm sure they are, but saying that the indexes are normal does not in any way help me to tell is they are useful indexes,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Log file help needed

    Quinn-793124 (1/5/2010)


    We do back ups every night.

    Didn't ask about full backups. They do not truncate the log

    How do you make a log file back up?

    Look up BACKUP LOG in the...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Log file help needed

    Since this is SQL 2005, what's the value of log_reuse_wait_desc in sys.databases?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Select/Update deadlock

    Can you post the table definitions and the actual definitions of all of the indexes?

    Both that select and the update are part of larger procedures. Can you post the definitions...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Log file help needed

    How often are you doing log backups?

    Please read through this - Managing Transaction Logs[/url]

    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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