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  • RE: Why 249 is the limit on NonClustered indexes?

    Jeff Moden (9/30/2008)


    Gail is correct, but just curious... you need more than 249 indexes on a single table? 😛

    It's actually not hard to hit on larger tables, seeing as automatically...

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  • RE: sqlserver 2005 Express

    Vinesh (9/30/2008)


    gail,fix replication first

    What do you mean by this?

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  • RE: database physical design

    Not one of that size. I believe the usual recommendation for user databases is a number of files = no more than 1/4-1/2 number of cpus. You definitely don't want...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: database physical design

    george sibbald (9/29/2008)


    we have a 'performance expert' in working for one of our more independent development areas and one of his recommendations is to have the no of files per...

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  • RE: Check List for DB Design

    To add to that, make sure that you have check constraints and unique constraints where applicable and that you are using appropriate data types.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: MSSQL 2005 performance issue

    Ouch. Your IO performance looks terrible. Average of 44 sec for an async IO completion with a max of 22 minutes is way, way too high.

    I can't download the perfmon...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Oracle to SQL replication problems

    PaulB (9/30/2008)


    I see.

    Not sure how critical is the issue for you but better to get the Oracle Service Request upgraded to either sev=1 or sev=2 - in my...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: sqlserver 2005 Express

    That alone won't cause the log to be full, which it appears to be.

    The solution is to sort out the replication and find out why you have so many undistributed...

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  • RE: NEED HELP in CREATING NEW DATABASE

    I can't help you with the primary key. The column must be unique and not null. From what you've posted, there's not enough info to ID the primary key.

    Post the...

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  • RE: How to shrink a transaction log in a published database

    Suspended indicates they're waiting for a resource. What are they waiting for? If they're blocked, by what process and what is that doing?

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  • RE: How to shrink a transaction log in a published database

    jvElecenter (9/29/2008)


    se this database is published. When i disable I can shrink it without any problem. But whem I drop the publication I'm losing all my replications.

    Your log reader is...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How to shrink a transaction log in a published database

    homebrew01 (9/29/2008)


    Replication shouldn't make any difference. When was your last FULL backup ?

    Replication makes a big difference to logs. On a replicated DB, the log record can't be discarded until...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Can't restore SQL database from BAK

    Looks like there's a damaged page in the backup. Can you get another copy of the backup?

    If not, try a restore with continue after error in 2005 or 2008....

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: timestamp to datetime

    Fraggle (9/29/2008)


    Did you try using the CAST function?

    It may convert, but the conversion will be completely meaningless. timestamp is not in anyway related to a time.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: 2005 optimizer behaving badly

    ALZDBA (9/29/2008)


    don't use functions in a where clause because they may have your query not use an index or at least not using it as optimal as you'd expected it...

    Gail Shaw
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