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  • RE: Microsoft certification 70-433

    70-432 is the Technical Specialist, database administration.

    70-433 is the Techincal Specialise, database development.

    They are separate certifications. Are you a dev or an admin?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Have no access and unable to administer

    john (3/29/2009)


    1. I have local administrator access and I can stop the SQL service off hours. How do I proceed?

    First you need to identify whether SQL is installed 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: Running a SQL Profile in Query Analyzer

    darth.pathos (3/29/2009)


    Hi Gail - I think I've had a realisation - running the Profiler itself allows me to save the TRC file to my desktop; running the SQL Query (from...

    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?

    Steve Jones - Editor (3/29/2009)


    Gail, any video?

    From dev days and tech days maybe. I'll have to check with MS. Nothing really exciting. Several sharepoint, LINQ, Entity framework, silverlight, wpf ...

    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: Canceling an Update Query while running

    homebrew01 (3/29/2009)


    I'm trying to figure out if the 4th update completed partially, or if none of the records got updated.

    It would have been all or nothing, as 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: Have no access and unable to administer

    john (3/29/2009)


    1. Is there a way to reinstate the local Administrator's rights without the SA login?

    Yes, but it requires that you are local administrator on the server that's running SQL....

    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: number of indexes

    Matt (3/29/2009)


    GilaMonster (3/29/2009)


    Check the index usage stats DMV for that info,

    Thanks Gail, excuse my ignorance but how do I do that?:blush:

    SELECT * from sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats

    Check out Books Online for the...

    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: Running a SQL Profile in Query Analyzer

    darth.pathos (3/29/2009)


    I will now set my file max to 200 Mb; my concern is that this maximum will be hit 20 minutes into my trace, leaving me with an hour...

    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: Running a SQL Profile in Query Analyzer

    darth.pathos (3/29/2009)


    1) Will the roll overs happen automatically? The article I had read had a specific line to be added in query analyzer once the SQL had been generated,...

    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 limit record count using a parameter

    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/Topic685708-338-1.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: Canceling an Update Query while running

    homebrew01 (3/28/2009)


    I assume that some records will be updated and some won't ? There is no begin tran or commit that would do a rollback.

    Not at all. Even thought...

    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 limit number of records using a parameter in a query

    That syntax works fine in SQL. If it's not working in the SSRS query interface, maybe create a stored procedure that takes the parameter and call that from SSRS

    declare @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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  • RE: number of indexes

    Matt (3/29/2009)


    Is this an acceptable amount or should I try to reduce this number?

    Maybe.

    Are they all used? Check the index usage stats DMV for that info, but note that it...

    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: Running a SQL Profile in Query Analyzer

    Take a look at this article over at Simple Talk. It goes into creating the trace scripts and running them. http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/

    If you need an hour on/hour off kind of thing,...

    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: Corrupt database

    James Brown (3/28/2009)


    Since the programming has not changed, my thought is that there are hardware problems. Can I get some options as to what the problem may be?

    Typically corruption...

    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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