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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Along the lines of that rather strange comment on SimpleTalk a week or so back (asking for BioTech books iirc), I thought this might provide a few laughs.

    http://plzsendmethecode.blogspot.com/

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Decrypt Encrypted Stored Procedure

    Google for stored procedure decryption for SQL 2005. There are several tools, maybe one or two free, most are not free.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Decrypt Encrypted Stored Procedure

    Duplicate post. No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic740742-146-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DBCC CHECKDB Error messge

    Do you have an earlier backup that is usable?

    You've got an irreparable error there. There is no way to fix that. You have only two options. Restore a clean backup...

    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: Compare two tables in SQL server 2005 and get whats changed in two tables.

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes peoples time and fragments replies.

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic740627-338-1.aspx

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

    Florian Reischl (6/23/2009)


    @roy: You just have to come to Germany.

    How far are you from Berlin? There's a very, very, very, very small chance that I may be in that area...

    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: Newbie: Database health, transaction log size, dbcc SHRINKDATABASE, best practise etc

    Just make sure that you rebuild your indexes afterwards.

    See - http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2007/09/08/shrinking-databases/

    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: Newbie: Database health, transaction log size, dbcc SHRINKDATABASE, best practise etc

    will (6/23/2009)


    one very last thing; when i delete 1000's of rows in a db, the file size does not get smaller of the BD. is this the same reason as...

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

    Florian Reischl (6/23/2009)


    GilaMonster (6/23/2009)


    He offered $5.

    :laugh:!

    Did you answer this?

    I replied with my actual hourly rate (which seems lot to US people because of the exchange rate). Never heard 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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  • RE: Newbie: Database health, transaction log size, dbcc SHRINKDATABASE, best practise etc

    No.

    Leave them the size they are now. Monitor using DBCC SQLPERF(LogSpace) and you'll be able to see file size and space used. Keep an eye on that and see...

    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?

    WayneS (6/23/2009)


    Well, I let him know a solution is available, but... well, see for yourself... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost740549.aspx

    LoL.

    I had a guy contact me via PM a while back about a procedure (apparently...

    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: Newbie: Database health, transaction log size, dbcc SHRINKDATABASE, best practise etc

    Close.

    A log consists internally of lots of VLFs (virtual log files). When a log backup occurs all VLFs that do not contain active portions of the log (portions still possibly...

    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: Shrinking Log Files

    If you set the DB to simple you break the log chain. That may not sound important with a full backup straight after, but what if that full backup's not...

    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: Bookmark Lookup Options...

    WayneS (6/23/2009)


    David O (4/9/2008)


    Most of them are pretty good but you got two I'm thinking could be a problem.

    If you've go the maintenance window. I'd run dbcc dbreindex...

    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: Newbie: Database health, transaction log size, dbcc SHRINKDATABASE, best practise etc

    You watch the database for a few weeks and see how big it grows. If it's too big (in your opinion) make your log backups more frequent, do a once-off...

    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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