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  • RE: Truncation of transaction log

    sumanta.roy52 (5/6/2009)


    I have gone through the same topic here and it says take your transaction log backup periodically to truncate the transaction log. But taking back up of transaction log...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Truncation of transaction log

    ajitkumarng (5/6/2009)


    Try shrinking database

    Bad idea. Lots of side effects and, besides, if the log is full it won't do anything other than fragment indexes.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Please help me.....=`(

    SQL Server doesn't have versions 4.01 or 5.01. Are you sure it's Microsoft SQL Server that you're working with and not MySQL? Your comment about studying PHP and MySQL suggests...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Filtered index with IS NULL predicate

    ALZDBA (5/6/2009)


    It must be a bug.

    I've tested in on SQL2008 SP1. (10.0.2531.0 (Intel X86) )

    It gets even worse if you explicitly use the ID column in the filtered index...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DBCC CHECKDB - Please help me.

    SQL-KV (5/6/2009)


    But i received only this : (after running the command - which you have given.)

    Command(s) completed successfully.

    That means there's no corruption, which is a good thing.

    But i wish i...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Changing the Recovery Model on a mirrored database

    If you have database mirroring, the recovery model cannot be changed from full. The only way you can achieve what you want is to completely drop the mirroring, switch the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Filtered index with IS NULL predicate

    No worries Jeff. By digging up proof for you I learned some stuff about filtered indexes too. 😀

    Sheng, I chatted with some friends about this. It appears (though I haven't...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: DBCC CHECKDB - Please help me.

    Please run a full checkDB on that database. By leaving out the indexes you may be missing corruption, especially since the error says that it's possible index corruption.

    DBCC CHECKDB (<...

    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: Unable to access Database during monitoring...Plz help me out

    Does the login you are using have rights on that DB?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: very large complex queries

    juan_wiski (5/5/2009)


    When you use several views that each one of then has several tables plus Cumulative queries. That's how!

    Ouch. That's just asking for performance issues, from the compiling if nothing...

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

    Cold, cold, cold.

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

    steve smith (5/5/2009)


    Nice pix - is that YOUR car, Gail?

    No. That's not my blog I linked to.

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

    This is what snow in Johannesburg looks like

    http://dotnet.org.za/codingsanity/archive/2007/06/27/snow-in-johannesburg.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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    It snowed here two years ago, for the first time in almost 26 years.

    There was this light sprinkling of white powder over grass, plants and other surfaces which melted as...

    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: Quarterly Executive Reports

    tdunbar (5/5/2009)


    My post is indicative of how desperate I am to learn what others provide their management.

    Maybe you should ask your manager what information he needs to see. It...

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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