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  • RE: Corrupt database

    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/Topic685614-265-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Kit G (3/27/2009)


    :-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D

    Activity on the Thread seems to have diminished. Should I be worried? Is THE THREAD executing its plan to take over the world and that's why...

    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: Do DBAs Still Read Techincal Books?

    Gift Peddie (3/27/2009)


    That is a better book the worst is a none SQL Server book but still Microsoft press an exam prep book comes with 89 pages errata. 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: basic guidelines on creating Indexes

    Krishna (3/27/2009)


    1.) There should be at least one clustered index for a table which should be Narrow, ever-increasing, unique

    At least one?

    5.)Think about Covering indexes to cover all the columns retrieved...

    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 SQL Profiler on Production Is it recommended ?

    Do not ever use the profiler gui when tracing busy production servers. It can kill th server. I've done that twice.

    There's an article at Simple Talk that shows 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Avg. Disk Read / Queue Length counter on SQL Server machine jumps to 40-50

    What did you set the fill factor for when you reindexed? (If that's what the maint plans are doing. Impossible to tell from the commands you postd)

    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: Getting strange object name when running DBCC PAGE

    Marios Philippopoulos (3/3/2009)


    I run the following to get the object name:

    SELECT object_name(99)

    I get the following: ALLOCATION

    It's one of the GAM/SGAM/PFS pages. One of the allocation structures of the database.

    This was...

    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?

    GilaMonster (3/26/2009)


    AAaaahhhhh!!!!!!!

    Three days of major internet connectivity issues and every tech I speak to wants me to restart the machine and reset the modem.

    Then, tonight, the crowning glory.

    The error 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GSquared (3/26/2009)


    I have the latest Core i7 CPU, quad-core, 6 Gig of RAM, 1.7 Tb of storage, the latest in Radeon video cards, and case that has better airflow...

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Luke L (3/26/2009)


    Yeah I find that whenever I need to talk to tech support I immediately ask to be routed to level 2 or 3 depending on who I'm calling....

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GSquared (3/26/2009)


    Sounds like my last call to tech support.

    Me: My computer won't POST

    ....

    I wouldn't have bothered in that case.

    But then, I built my desktop myself, so for the PC...

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Oh, I forgot one thing.

    He asked me to run ipconfig while I was not connected, and then sounded puzzled when I read back a list of disconnected adaptors and connections.

    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: I need help from froum guys?

    prvreddy (3/26/2009)


    Hi guys,

    Please tell me about dba dailly activities.Because tommorow onwards i have to attend interviews.

    Thanks in advance

    If you're applying for a job as a DBA, then you should...

    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: Defragmenting a MDF file increasing allocated free space

    Darren.Siegert (3/26/2009)


    His action was to run a shrink database command and then reduce the allocated free space by 50%.

    Rebuild all of your indexes (perhaps after growing the file by 20%...

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    AAaaahhhhh!!!!!!!

    Three days of major internet connectivity issues and every tech I speak to wants me to restart the machine and reset the modem.

    Then, tonight, the crowning glory.

    The error is "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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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