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  • RE: table variable and tempdb

    John Doe (6/18/2009)


    Temp tables are created in TempDB Database and require more IO resources and locking. Table variable is a memory structure. If it holds more data than it 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: CHECKDB found 0 allocation errors and 25 consistency

    jvs (6/18/2009)


    This is the third time it did it. Orginally the database worked fine for 2 days and then corrupted.

    I would take a long, hard look at that IO subsystem....

    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: MVP vs MCA

    Steve Jones - Editor (6/18/2009)


    Both require hard work, but the MCA requires some serious hard $$$ as well.

    And a hell of a lot of time in Redmond.

    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: Attach compressed db

    Your database files are in a compressed folder/drive. Uncompress the folder and it should be fine.

    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: TSQL Tuning Assistance needed

    Please post index definitions and execution plan, as per http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/

    You can also have a look at this blog post on the performance implications of scalar UDFs http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/04/29/functions-io-statistics-and-the-execution-plan/

    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: table variable and tempdb

    Both temp tables and table variables are created in TempDB.

    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: CHECKDB found 0 allocation errors and 25 consistency

    Please can you run the following and post the full results

    DBCC CHECKDB (< Database Name > ) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS

    I would guess that it's a hardware issue, specifically the IO...

    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: The Best Minds

    I did public speaking for 3 years at high school. Was ok, I didn't enjoy it that much. Apparently some of the things they taught sank in.

    What I've found, by...

    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: Filtered indexes and statistics

    Thanks. I need to play with both, but since I don't have an actual prod server to play with, it's going to have to be in a lab based on...

    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: How to Post Performance Problems

    Are you sure that the server's SQL 2005 or 2008? The save-as will be greyed out if the server is SQL 2000. If that's the case, follow the steps for...

    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: Way to delete/add entries to Microsoft® SQL Server™ log file

    ankur_libra (6/18/2009)


    Is there any way to delete an individual entry from the error log file as well?

    Short of cycling the log, opening the old log file in a text editor,...

    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: MVP vs MCA

    Alvin Ramard (6/18/2009)


    GilaMonster (6/18/2009)


    Dugi (6/18/2009)


    Ha, seems you are more stupid than Q, so it is hard for you to understand!

    Insulting him is uncalled for.

    That ok. I'm not going 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: Bug in sys.dm_exec_sessions query

    What's weird about those results?

    Check how long those log readers have been running. It usually continuous since the last time the server was started, which could account for the high...

    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: Severe error occurred on DBCC SHRINKFILE, EMPTYFILE

    Can you run a checkDB on that database please. Sometimes that message is because of corruption.

    DBCC CHECKDB (< Database Name > ) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS

    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: Way to delete/add entries to Microsoft® SQL Server™ log file

    You can use RAISERROR ... WITH LOG if you're a sysadmin user or have ALTER TRACE permissions

    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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