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  • RE: Possibility to add database on a shared drive which is not dependency of SQL Server resource

    b.ozga (6/8/2009)


    Do you know a way to attach\create database on a disk which is not SQL Server dependency but it is in a cluster group? Any help appreciated.

    Can't be done....

    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: Vefiry table index of backup

    You'll have to restore the backup. There's no tool I know of that reads inside a SQL 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Query Performance issue

    vivek (6/1/2009)


    --Did we tried to capture Execution Plan for the procedure and if yes

    then did we saw any difference? Can you share it with us?

    ** I capture 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Installing SQL 2005 Dev Edition on Vista Home Premium

    They are. I'm just wondering if there's something missing around the provisioning tool with SP3. It's not something I've ever tested, so can't be sure either way.

    Install SP2, make sure...

    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: Is it advisable to shrink the data file?

    It is not.

    Shrinking causes massive fragmentation and will just result in the data file growing again next time data gets added. When that happens, the entire system will slow down...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Installing SQL 2005 Dev Edition on Vista Home Premium

    Try installing SP2 before SP3. The prov tool launches automatically at the end of SP2

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: What SQL Server Sites do you use?

    RBarryYoung (6/7/2009)


    I don't really want to rant about this (someone from MSDN once made that mistake here 🙂 ), and if I get into right now I am sure that...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Installing SQL 2005 Dev Edition on Vista Home Premium

    On Vista the administrator user no longer has automatic rights to SQL. The provisioning tool should have come up at the end of the service pack installation to allow you...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: beggining with sql server 2005

    Is this an agreement party? 😉

    One other book I'd recommend, more for development than admin. T-SQL Fundamentals by Itzik Ben-Gan. It's written for SQL 2008, not 2005, but they are...

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: sql server error

    Paul White (6/7/2009)


    I mentioned it because I based my first post on the content of pages 199-200.

    Yeah, I noticed the similarity between your post and the book when I checked...

    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: sql server error

    Paul White (6/7/2009)


    Inside Microsoft Sql Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization - K Delaney et al.

    ISBN-13: 978-0-7356-2196-1

    ISBN-10: 0-7356-2196-9

    (I just happened to have a copy to hand ;-))

    Nope. Algebriser doesn't even...

    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: sql server error

    Paul White (6/7/2009)


    2. The algebrizer checks the objects you have referenced and also that what you are asking for makes semantic sense (you can't execute a view for example)....

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Trouble Attaching a Database

    Does the SQL Server service account have full rights to the database files? The error implies that it doesn't.

    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: sql server error

    SQL goes through three stages before executing the query. Parse, algebratise and compile. All three operate on the entire batch, regardless of whether the statements will actually run or 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: What SQL Server Sites do you use?

    RBarryYoung (6/6/2009)


    Though honestly, I've been finding both of these sites increasingly frustrating. The flaws of the "points for 'best' answers" systems they use becomes more evident the more I...

    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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