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  • RE: My LDF file grew to 180GB - How do I shrink it

    Before you try shrinking, you need to work out why it grew in the first place. Otherwise it may well grow again and cause bigger problems.

    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: Mirroring auto fail over

    Mirroring is autofailover only. When the server that was the principal comes back online, it will become the mirror. If you want it to become the principal again, you'll have...

    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: MSDB log file writes very high in Simple recovery mode

    Simple recovery has no effect on what's written to a DB's log. Just how long it's retained after it's written.

    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: MSDB log file writes very high in Simple recovery mode

    Please don't cross post.

    No replies to this thread please. Replies to:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic657055-360-1.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: Geting dead lock error for two users running of the crystal report

    Please post the exact error that you're getting and the query that generates it.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Top Wait Types - CXPACKET and SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD, but Low CPU?

    DBADave (2/13/2009)


    If I now understand it corretly it means that SQL Server is attempting to run parts of a SQL statement at the same time, which corresponds to...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Read Committed Snapshot Isolation

    jeff_wiegand (2/13/2009)


    While I understand there are design issues often at the root of SQL apps when they don't scale, Read Committed Snapshot Isolation seems like a slam dunk.

    It's...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: stupid stupid stupid restore problem

    Ninja's_RGR'us (2/13/2009)


    exec sp_update_resume

    exec sp_distribute_resume

    :hehe:

    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: Can I push an Index hint down into a base tables from a view

    Ken, one other thing that came to mind yesterday.

    When a query can get either a good plan or a bad depending where and when it's called, it can be due...

    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: Top Wait Types - CXPACKET and SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD, but Low CPU?

    Lots of parallelism skew. Lower MaxDop

    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: Read Committed Snapshot Isolation

    Brandie Tarvin (2/13/2009)


    Say I have an auto insurance policy set as "pending acceptance" status. Mary Sue wants to change it to "rejected" status and Billy Bob wants to change 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

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious (2/13/2009)


    The gurus here might have better insight into what the next frontier should be than his professors.

    Agreed. I chatted with lots of people before picking my master's thesis,...

    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: Can I push an Index hint down into a base tables from a view

    Grant Fritchey (2/13/2009)


    There's a blog post. Do you get it or do I?

    Why not both? (Like we did with the table-valued functions)?

    I'll write one over the weekend. Title's written,...

    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: looking for a reliable tool to capture DML/DDL including Selects on tables for PCI compliance

    llokshin (2/13/2009)


    Thank you for your reply, actually I am looking for a tool that will use both, logs and trace.

    Why? Logs, while they can be used for some autiting, 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

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  • RE: Can I push an Index hint down into a base tables from a view

    Sorry, shouldn't have used the term 'estimated'. I seem to have confused everyone. I'll explain better.

    The terms estimated and actual for plans are actually a bit of a misnomer. 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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