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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Paul White (6/30/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (6/30/2009)


    If all three instances try to go to max memory levels, then yes it is more than the physical memory in the server.

    Good post. Just...

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

    Paul White (6/30/2009)


    Ah yes - SQL 2K on Itanium. Never tried it myself, but you hear stories...

    Been there, done that, would rather jump off the Space Needle than do...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Backups and Restores

    How often are you doing log backups? What's the max amount of data that's allowed in the case of a disaster?

    Oh, you are doing this testing on a test server?...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Backups and Restores

    S Hodkinson (6/30/2009)


    The routine full database and transaction log backup should happen in the early hours of the morning.

    ...

    WITH STOPAT = 'June 30, 2009 14:35 PM', RECOVERY

    If the tran log...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Backups and Restores

    Please check Books Online for syntax and keywords.

    No recovery should be one word - WITH NORECOVERY. I assume you're restoring from a backup device. If som the name must conform...

    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 (6/30/2009)


    hi_abhay78. In a follow on post he disclosed he worked for PSS regarding SQL Server for 2.5 years.

    Interesting. I missed that. I wonder what region and what...

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

    Lynn Pettis (6/30/2009)


    GilaMonster (6/30/2009)


    No offence intended to anyone, but I've butted heads with someone in that thread a couple of times. Most recently on a corruption question where he was...

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

    David Burrows (6/30/2009)


    There is a member with the name 'Anonymous'

    Yeah, but I don't think it's that. If you check the screen shot, there's no profile details, the name is not...

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

    I don't think anyone's doing it intentionally. If they are, it's really silly, sending a message to someone asking for help and leaving no way for them to return said...

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

    Steve Jones - Editor (6/30/2009)


    Sorry, Gail. Rebuilt laptop on the road, no VPN, but I shall look into it.

    No rush. Can wait til you're home. Just way puzzling

    Perhaps it is...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Index Usage Question

    GDI Lord (6/30/2009)


    I'm surprised that the column order of an index makes a difference!

    SQL can only seek on a left-based subset of the index key

    Think of the local phone...

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

    Ok, those worked properly.

    This is seriously weird.

    Edit: Anyone else seeing this? (I've already passed it on to Steve)

    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: Backups and Restores

    S Hodkinson (6/30/2009)


    I thought that STOPAT rendered all subsequent transaction logs as invalid. I thought that this meant that, if I've not got the correct time/date (my users can...

    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?

    Can someone send me a PM please. There looks like there's something buggy, every PM I've received in the last week has been from 'Anonymous' and has no profile associated.

    If...

    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?

    Paul White (6/30/2009)


    PS I have yet to come across a system that ended up needing the -g switch

    I have. Previous company we had one server that was used for 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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