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  • RE: MVP vs MCA

    Dugi (6/18/2009)


    Yes, I know that MVP is not certification! I'm talking for the value of peoples who has MVP or MCA status! Now who is the winner ...?... MVP or...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: DML triggers in SQL Server 2005 Express

    Open Books Online (the SQL help file) and look up Linked Servers. Or, if you prefer the online version: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188279(SQL.90).aspx

    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: Transaction log not shrinking after Maintenance Task

    Don't shrink the database. See - http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2007/09/08/shrinking-databases/

    If the log space isn't been reused, there's something still active in the older log records. Take a look at sys.databases. There's a column...

    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: trigger out put problemmmmm

    That trigger is written assuming there's only one row in the inserted/deleted tables. If more than one row was updated, the trigger fires once and there'll be more than one...

    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

    MVP is not a certification. You can't directly compare it to the MCM, MCA certs. Plus, there are only (iirc) 3 MCM certs available - Exchange, sharepoint, SQL Server. MVPs...

    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: Common questions asked in SQL Server DBA Interview

    Best advice I can give you for an interview is relax, don't exagerate your abilities and don't be afraid to say 'I don't know', though have an idea how 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: Big Trigger problem

    Please post table definitions, sample data and desired output. Read this to see the best way to post this to get quick responses.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/

    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: Select * into table with a stored procedure?

    CREATE TABLE zzdbfiles.dbfiles (

    ....

    )

    INSERT INTO zzdbfiles.dbfiles

    EXEC sp_MSforeachdb @command1 = 'select name, physical_name, state_desc, size, max_size, growth from ?.sys.database_files'

    You have to explicitly create the table first. Select ... Into cannot use...

    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: Back to the Future

    Manie Verster (6/17/2009)


    If I look at the prices you and Steve mentioned and I look at the price Gail mentioned then this is a very cheap offer. R7000/8 average is...

    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?

    RBarryYoung (6/17/2009)


    What I find most intresting about Paul's example is tha apparently, the inserted rows to the log file either get stored or retrieved in reverse order? Seem like...

    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: One Huge Cube or a few smaller cubes tied together with a Linked Cube?

    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/Topic736889-17-1.aspx

    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: WAITSTATS - CXPACKET query

    Randolph Potter (6/17/2009)


    To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a lot of table scanning happening. Some of the big stuff is dynamically generated. I wanted to run Profiler...

    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: NULL and Unique IDentifier.. :-(

    Florian Reischl (6/17/2009)


    @Jeffrey:

    Erm... Just played with this nullbuster. This might be an important information for you:

    This feature works find on SSE2k5 but it does not work anymore on SSE2k8 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: WAITSTATS - CXPACKET query

    If it's OLTP I'd consider dropping the MAXDOP to 4 or even 2. Combine that with optimising the worst offending queries, and you may get this under control fairly well.

    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 locate usaged Temp Table of format like #3F3D11FA

    digitalox (6/17/2009)


    Is it the format of #xxxxxx that implies that is a table variable vs. temp table?

    Yes. Temp tables have a name in TempDB that includes the name given...

    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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