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  • RE: An INSERT EXEC statement cannot be nested.

    Though table value functions (well, multistatement ones) do have some performance issues.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Compatibility Issues

    Enterprise edition is not supported on non-server OS's.

    Why Enterprise? Those licences aren't cheap and it can't be because of required enterprise-only features if you're upgrading from Express. Consider Standard edition...

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Would someone be willing to keep an eye on this thread?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic811359-266-1.aspx

    I'm not sure at this point how big a problem it is, but I'm leaving for the airport in 3...

    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: An INSERT EXEC statement cannot be nested.

    Ankit Mathur-481681 (10/30/2009)


    If it can work 1 level deep why not 2 level. Not even by any workaround????

    Because 1 level is not nested and two is?

    Do the procs always get...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SOLUTION OF THE ERROR

    Please run the following and post the full output.

    DBCC CHECKDB (<Database Name>) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS

    Take a look at this article. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/65804/

    Do you have a clean backup of this database? (a...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious 24601 (10/29/2009)


    .... not to mention practicing martial arts and conquering the galaxy.

    Galaxy unfortunately remains unconquered. Haven't touched that game since I mentioned it here. As for martial arts,...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (10/29/2009)


    How do you find the time? School, articles, SSC, writing books, work...

    School?

    It's 11pm and I'm just starting on a report that'll likely take 2-3 hours. Answer your question?;-)

    Not...

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Woot.

    Articles finished, slides finished, demos finished. Packing half done (laptop, books, cables and important documents still to do). Just 2 reports to finish and I think one of those is...

    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: Puzzling SQL server performance

    rudy komacsar - a.k.a. Doctor "X" (10/29/2009)


    By upgrading to SP4 you'll be 'supportable by MS until sometime in 2013 !

    'supportable' meaning if you have a premier support agreement with MS...

    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: Metadata updating

    Column names and data types you chance with an ALTER TABLE statement. When you say comments, do you mean extended properties?

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (10/29/2009)


    Looking at the Manning Site, it shows that only some of the chapters are available currently. Do you know anything concerning that (is it just an update issue...

    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: Metadata updating

    The column names, column data types, that kind of thing?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Metadata updating

    What are you trying to do?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Row Order is not getting preserved

    By definition, tables have no order. If you don't specify an ORDER BY, the order that the rows will be returned in is not defined and can change.

    Change your SSIS...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Metadata updating

    If you're talking about directly updating the actual system tables then no, absolutely not.

    The stored procs and related commands that do that are there for a reason. On SQL 2000...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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