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  • RE: Splitting varchar fields into separate nonclustered index fields

    brd123 (4/20/2009)


    Hi Gail, I guess the main reason is that I don't know enough about full-texting in SQL Server but I am assuming it probably has its own language thus...

    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: want to know unstricted database of sql server

    Bear in mind that the -1/2TB 'bug' only applies to log files. Data files with unrestricted growth do show a -1 there.

    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: Index Fragmentation

    Except for the first one, all the others are far too small to even worry about fragmentation.

    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: Add columns in the middle

    Gianluca Sartori (4/20/2009)


    I also own a licensed copy of SQLRefactor, but this tool lacks a feature for performing such kind of operations. Do you know any kind of tool or...

    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: SQL Profile

    If you're running a profile trace from SQL profiler, it's the client application that's receiving the trace from SQL and writing it to a table. Hence if you close 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: Add columns in the middle

    Lynn Pettis (4/20/2009)


    I am not an expert in SQL Server internals, but I would not be surprised if SQL Server stored all fixed length columns at the front of each...

    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?

    Jack Corbett (4/20/2009)


    Another note for the non-Twitterer's is that there have been 358 sessions submitted to PASS so far, deadline is Friday at Midnight, for about 80-90 slots available.

    Eeep....

    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: Splitting varchar fields into separate nonclustered index fields

    brd123 (4/20/2009)


    User wants to find all items/products in database (this is using a common web storefront product) that contain the words 'civil war'. Product name, description, id and stocking...

    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: interview questions

    The generator problem was a series of small problems.

    This was a bank of large generators that were designed to supply power to 6 office blocks (one of which was a...

    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: Page split

    Depends whether the index has been created with PAD_INDEX on or off. If it's on, the fill factor applies to the non-leaf levels as well. If it's off, the non-leaf...

    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: interview questions

    GSquared (4/20/2009)


    "the server room has smoke coming out of it and the halon alarm just went off to warn people to get out of there"

    Now that's one I haven't had...

    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: interview questions

    What position are you applying for?

    Main advice I can give you is to relax, be honest and be willing to admit that you don't know something. Especially for a junior...

    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: Splitting varchar fields into separate nonclustered index fields

    brd123 (4/20/2009)


    Would it make sense to create several separate 'chunks' of the 900 bytes just for indexing and then present the original descriptive field to the user after he/she...

    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: Please Help me Very Urgent

    I think you've got a form of data corruption there. I'm not sure how to deal with that myself, not on SLQ 2000. I've pinged an expert on corruption, I'm...

    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: 70-443 Question

    I'll be blunt (as usual)

    The phrase 'dumps' usually refers to questions memorised from the exam and posted online in violation of the NDA on exams. If that's want you're asking...

    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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