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  • RE: Defragmentation in 2005 vs 2000

    TRACEY (11/6/2008)


    What report do you run to get the tables with the out of stats on them.

    Cheers.

    There's no report that can tell you that the stats are sufficiently inaccurate to...

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  • RE: Defragmentation in 2005 vs 2000

    TRACEY (11/6/2008)


    Do you have it set on all your Databases ..(auto sync)...and i take it you never have to run this UPDATE STATISTICS ever..

    Yes and no. I've found some cases...

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  • RE: with (nolock)

    If you use nolock (or any locking hint for that matter) in a query it will apply only to that query and only to the table that the hint directly...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Defragmentation in 2005 vs 2000

    TRACEY (11/6/2008)


    Do you mean why do you turn it off on the database....the option of the auto update statistics asynchronously

    I mean why disable the auto updating of stats, either at...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Msg 62309, Level 19, State 1, Line 1 on Litespeed RESTORE

    Jayakumar Krishnan (11/5/2008)


    "The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume M$."

    Yeah, that'll cause a few problems. :hehe:

    Glad you're sorted.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Scheduled Job for DBCC UPDATEUSAGE

    All update usage does is fix any incorrect space measurements in the metadata. 2000 does sometimes get that wrong (leading to fun things like databases with -10% free), but I...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: transaction logs

    rlondon (11/5/2008)


    Gail everything I needed to know about transaction logs I learned from reading your posts. 😀

    😀 Thank you. i assume you saw the headline article here last...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: The South African SQL Server Usergroup is Back

    I'll do a proper announcement as soon as I get home. Currently in DBN on business.

    But just for you... 😀

    Fri 28 Nov (I know fri night isn't good, but...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Defragmentation in 2005 vs 2000

    The_SQL_DBA (11/6/2008)


    UPDATE STATISTICS DaveTable(anames)

    WITH FULLSCAN, NORECOMPUTE

    GO

    Why the norecompute? Turning off auto update on a stats set is a stupid thing to do unless you are regularly updating...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Alter index is hanging

    balbirsinghsodhi (11/5/2008)


    Do you think, I should drop to maxdop to 6 or 1.

    Try 4 and see how it goes.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Problem with decryption

    Sure they can. Encryption is not designed to protect the mdf file (secure your server), not is it mean to protect against the DBA (If you don't trust your DBA,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Defragmentation in 2005 vs 2000

    DBADave (11/5/2008)


    BOL provides an example on how to reduce fragmentation on a Heap, but I need to determine how to determine heap fragmentation in 2005.

    use index physical stats. For an...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: min and max memory settings in SQL 2008

    That's a good config you have there. You could probably bump the max to 14 if there's nothing running on the server.

    I seldom bother setting the min in SQL...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How can I change my index scan to and index seek

    Andrew Peterson (11/5/2008)


    an index works as well, but try to keep it narrow and put some of the lesser values in an include. you want to keep it as narrow...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: When was my db last used?

    Check the compat mode of the DB you're running that in. My guess would be that it's in mode 80. Either change the compat mode or run the query from...

    Gail Shaw
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