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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious 24601 (10/27/2009)


    Grant, I'm a poor substitute for Jeff, but I'd be happy to have a drink with you next week. I'll even buy the first round.

    I...

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

    Jeff Moden (10/26/2009)


    Crap... I can say "crap" on this post, right? Crap, crap, crap... it's happened again same as last year and for the same reason. Started a...

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

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  • RE: Puzzling SQL server performance

    It's very hard to max out all of the CPUs on modern multi-proc machines. Very few workloads are limited by CPU bottlenecks. Far more common are memory/disk. It's very likely...

    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: Native Backup

    Tara-1044200 (10/27/2009)


    I assume when this is executed it has to delete the existign backup and do fresh copy of backup but it i think it is not deleting the existing...

    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: More than one user are getting the same rows.

    Post code?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: check list for Migrating sql server 2000 to 2005

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/06/09/deleting-the-transaction-log/

    Casually mentioned here as the cause for RECOVERY_PENDING state

    http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Search-Engine-QA-4-Using-EMERGENCY-mode-to-access-a-RECOVERY-PENDING-or-SUSPECT-database.aspx

    What you have to do if you get your DB into that state, and the consequences

    http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/CHECKDB-From-Every-Angle-EMERGENCY-mode-repair-the-very-very-last-resort.aspx

    As for documentation, I doubt there's a...

    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: RESTORING TAKING SO LONG

    sahoong (10/27/2009)


    Why does database available straight away by using SSMS for restore and it's not when you ran the piece of code below:

    RESTORE DATABASE CELCAT_LIVE_0910

    FROM DISK =...

    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: check list for Migrating sql server 2000 to 2005

    Brandie Tarvin (10/27/2009)


    The transaction log file is "optional" in the sense that you can attach a DB without it and SQL Server will create a new one.

    Usually. Not always.

    However,...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQL Error log from management studio isnt up to date even afte reconnecting and refreshing

    How are you viewing the log? If you're using the gui window, make sure that the latest log file is selected.

    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: Actual Query Plan - Actual Row Count massively exceeds Est Row Count

    allen davidson (10/27/2009)


    Thanks Gail, I'll redo the index (didn't realise the order was important).

    Think of a telephone book. Essentially an index of people with surname as the leading column, initial,...

    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: SQL 2000 new mdf file

    Yes, though secondary data files are usually given the .ndf extension. Look up ALTER DATABASE in Books online for the syntax for adding a data file. To move specific tables,...

    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: WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY and NO_TRUNCATE options

    mahesh.vsp (10/27/2009)


    Hi,

    While shrinking the Transaction log file, we are using the below command

    What will happen internally when i use this command?

    BACKUP LOG <dbname> WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY

    Where does the backup getting...

    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: check list for Migrating sql server 2000 to 2005

    mahesh.vsp (10/27/2009)


    Question is, do we need to attach the .ldf along with .mdf file?

    Yes, absolutely. The transaction log is not an optional file

    Is there any use of that, or else...

    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?

    Lynn Pettis (10/26/2009)


    Don't you just love people that only read half the error message?

    Yup, but not as much as those who don't read any of the error message. (No examples...

    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: Killed DBCC REINDEX.....and it is taking long time... please help

    Sanjiv-193662 (10/26/2009)


    After 2hrs and 45 minutes I cancelled the above query. Now it is trying to cancel the query for more than 45 minutes.

    SQL has to roll the changes back....

    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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