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  • RE: Questions about index choice in Execution Plan

    mazzz (6/30/2009)


    I remember reading about the cost figures being estimates, even in the *actual* execution plan

    Yup, because the cost comes from the optimiser, before the query is actually run.

    what...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Is it Possible

    Neerav: Performance tuning is a massive subject entire books can be written on the subject (and in fact have)

    Have a look for "SQL 2008 performance tuning Distilled" and "Inside SQL...

    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)


    My problem is that the backup to tape is done by Infrastructure. They keep only three days of flat files (i.e SQL Server backups) which was how...

    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: Dropping the guesy schema / user account

    Books Online:

    The guest user cannot be dropped, but it can be disabled by revoking its CONNECT permission. The CONNECT permission can be revoked by executing REVOKE CONNECT FROM GUEST within...

    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've been doing some testing with a colleague on a true test database. I take a backup then he alters data through his application. I then...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Index Usage Question

    If most of the usage is on ColB and quite a bit on the combination, I'd change that PK so that the columns are in the other order (ColB, ColA)...

    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: Failed to reserve contiguous memory of Size= 65536 in SQL Server 2000

    What you've got there is VAS (virtual address space) fragmentation (not necessarily pressure).

    There are a number of things that can cause this. Are you using any of the following?

    Extended...

    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 (6/29/2009)


    Okay, I'll admit it if I am wrong, but I'd really like a few others opinions on this one please.

    My only problem is 30 years of experience just...

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

    GSquared (6/29/2009)


    GilaMonster (6/14/2009)


    $Deity's gift to IT

    Yep!

    Is it stuck above your monitor?

    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: ERROR: Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, = or when the subquery is used as an expression

    Lynn Pettis (6/29/2009)


    Actually Gail, I think it is just an old style inner join.

    Except that there's no condition in the where clause that joins the two tables either....

    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?

    Alvin Ramard (6/29/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (6/29/2009)


    Snippy some people can be.

    Yep. I'm ready to guess the solution to his update problem is, but we can't say without knowing more about his...

    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: ERROR: Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, = or when the subquery is used as an expression

    ddicecca (6/29/2009)


    GilaMonster (6/29/2009)


    Take a look in Books Online for the UPDATE ... FROM syntax.

    Seriously...? That's your help?

    I'm sorry, I thought you might like a hint where to...

    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?

    jcrawf02 (6/29/2009)


    GSquared (6/29/2009)


    I have a Dilbert strip, the XKCD about Little Bobby Tables (search that if you don't know it, required reading for DBAs), a picture of Darth Vader with...

    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: Add a column in system table(SQL_LOGIN)

    Alvin Ramard (6/29/2009)


    Lynn and Gail, what would you say to creating a new table in a user database for holding the new data, along with the key fields from sys.sql_logins?

    It'd...

    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: ERROR: Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, = or when the subquery is used as an expression

    Take a look in Books Online for the UPDATE ... FROM syntax.

    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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