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  • RE: Tutorial/Tips on writing SPs that are fast and upto standards of development

    idrees.butt (2/2/2009)


    am I supposed to read the whole book or just the relavant chapters? which are relavant chapters?

    Since you're new to this, read them all. The books are...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Costly update trigger -70,000,000 logical reads for 30,000 rows updated!

    Marios Philippopoulos (2/2/2009)


    Wow, would the trigger feed on itself that way? I hadn't thought of that...

    That's only possible if recursive triggers are enabled. It's a database-level option and it's disabled...

    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: Replicate Passive Node in Active/Passive cluster

    myst.black (2/2/2009)


    So that is what we need, a "snapshot" (i'm using snapshot for lack of a better word) that can then be taken in by the database on the other...

    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: Tutorial/Tips on writing SPs that are fast and upto standards of development

    I'd also recommend T-SQL Fundamentals by Itzik Ben-Gan. I've only glanced through it, but it looks good.

    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: Replicate Passive Node in Active/Passive cluster

    2 Tim 3:16 (2/2/2009)


    "If the page has not yet been updated on the source database, a read operation on the snapshot reads the original page from the source database".

    Yup. That's...

    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: Replicate Passive Node in Active/Passive cluster

    2 Tim 3:16 (2/2/2009)


    I'd like to just add that only changed pages get read from the Snapshot. Non-Changed pages still get read from the original database.

    Unless I'm badly misreading,...

    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 access whole row in a cursor

    Chris Morris (2/2/2009)


    Gail - nice weapon! Horrible haircut:P

    I'll change the avatar back in a few days. That's the second comment about the haircut.

    Funny thing is, it's not far different 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: Need strategy for disaster recovery

    Arun (2/2/2009)


    For this when we configure log shipping, it contradicts with the backup plan in the production server. Thats the problem. 🙁

    Why? There shouldn't be any problem. Take full backups...

    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 access whole row in a cursor

    From a quick glance, this doesn't need a cursor at all.

    One question - if all 5 of the carrier names are blank, do you want 5 records in the table...

    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: Costly update trigger -70,000,000 logical reads for 30,000 rows updated!

    Marios Philippopoulos (2/2/2009)


    Wow, that was something I didn't know, but makes sense the way you put it.

    Not that I don't believe you, but can you post a link that mentions...

    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: Need strategy for disaster recovery

    Arun (2/1/2009)


    When I try to implement log shipping, I realize that I cannot full backup of the databases. My database sizes are over 100 GB, so its not possible...

    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: Need strategy for Disaster Recovery

    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/Topic647819-361-1.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: Difference between varchar(max) and varchar(8000)

    Varchar(8000) stores a maximum of 8000 characters. Varchar(max) stores a maximum of 2 147 483 647 characters.

    See Books Online, the page titled "char and varchar" for more info.

    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: error while restoring

    What DB are you restoring?

    Can you post the code that you're using to do the restore?

    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 change sql service log on account (SQL2008) through code

    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/Topic647812-146-1.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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