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  • RE: How To Convert the SP to View

    Please don't shout at us (type all caps)

    sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries'

    There is a good reason this is disabled by default. Check with the DBA and whoever's responsible for security...

    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: Need composite unique key

    Sorry, I don't understand. I'm not saying drop the date column.

    Define a computed (calculated) column, based on the effective date column then create a unique index on the computed column.

    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: Restore statistics.

    A restore recreates the database in exactly the same state it was at time of backup.

    As for the index usage stats report, that sources off sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats. That DMV is memory...

    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: Need composite unique key

    Define a computed column as the year and the month, persist that column and stick a unique index on it.

    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: QAAA

    Reported. Please do not download attachment

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

    Silverfox (10/29/2009)


    Can you confirm when the book comes out, the manning site says november the 4th and yet amazon says 13th december.

    The first print run is going straight to...

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

    CirquedeSQLeil (10/28/2009)


    Anybody know anything more about it, opinions or otherwise?

    Some background first.

    Project was started late last year, it was open to all MVPs (regardless of technical speciality) providing they wrote...

    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 (10/28/2009)


    Gail, can I get your autograph if I buy a copy? (I'm buying one anyway, but hey.)

    Come to the launch event[/url], you'll find most of...

    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: Finding out index fragmentation

    In detailed mode, there's a row for each level of the index (see monday's article on indexes if you're not sure what I'm talking about). In limited mode there's only...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Sharepoint Growth is Good

    I think half the problem with Sharepoint is that many companies implementing it have absolutely no idea why they want to implement it. They just want to have it because...

    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 (10/28/2009)


    Anybody know anything more about it, opinions or otherwise?

    I know a great deal about it. Would you be interested in my highly biased opinion? (I'm one of the authors...

    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: Database 'msdb' cannot be opened

    Eddie Hendrix (10/28/2009)


    The basic question is: should a valid set of .MDF/.LDF files of the MSDB database be able to migrate, and come online, when moved from server to server?

    Should?...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: DBCC CHECKDB - error Msg 8992

    shane2174 (10/28/2009)


    well , I did not run checkcatalog in SQL2000 (I though checkdb will ran that too) well, luckily sql2005 is not in production yet so I fix the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Don't Count Distinct Null

    Duplicate post. No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic810071-17-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Introduction to Indexes

    Charles Kincaid (10/28/2009)


    Gail: Are you going to talk about page overhead? (I hope. I hope. I hope.)

    Not in an introductory article. Row header, null bitmap, slot indexes, page...

    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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