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  • RE: Full Receovery Model BUT NO LOG BACKUP FOR PERFORMANCE

    The only thing I have ever seen blocked by a log backup, was a full/diff backup, and that was on SQL 2000. But you can test it out for yourself,...

    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: Suggestion on Updating Statistics

    Hmmm, I wonder how filtered indexes (SQL 2008) would work for a column with severe data skew. Create one index for the 'common' data values and another for the 'rare'...

    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: long running quries

    If you don't like using the profiler GUI, you can use the sp_trace stored procedures. Easiest way is to generate the trace definition from profiler. Create the trace then script...

    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: Certification path

    If you're close to getting the MCDBA (one exam away) perhaps try to finish it. If not maybe consider doing the 2005 certs instead, or perhaps even going straight for...

    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: Beat this - comic relief for the day

    I thought much the same on that particular post, though there may be history that we don't know of. The other authors are fine (imho)

    I think you'll appreciate the latest...

    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: Suggestion on Updating Statistics

    Marios Philippopoulos (8/2/2008)


    FULL SCAN, though it works to alleviate production issues, is a maintenance nightmare. One cannot run it on the whole database all the time because it will block...

    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: Beat this - comic relief for the day

    Grant Fritchey (8/2/2008)


    Well, not to give competition to Steve... OK, it won't, but there is

    http://www.sqldumbass.com

    I love that blog. Just wish it was updated more often.

    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: Truncating doesn't release OS space ?

    Ankit Mathur (8/2/2008)


    I actually wanted to avoid using SHRINKFILE option. Is there any other way to reclaim OS space. I read somewhere it should not be a preferred mode.

    Nope. 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

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  • RE: Beat this - comic relief for the day

    Alvin Ramard (8/1/2008)


    I can't help but wonder if the view definition looks something like:

    create view vwProviderDirectoryReportWithAllServiceLocations

    as

    Select *

    From

    ProviderDirectoryReportWithAllServiceLocations

    end

    Or

    create view vwProviderDirectoryReportWithAllServiceLocations

    as

    Select *

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Truncating doesn't release OS space ?

    Ankit Mathur (8/2/2008)


    Now the question is, why even after deleting all the tables and truncating the rest 3 I'm unable to bring down the size of MDF file even by...

    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: Full Receovery Model BUT NO LOG BACKUP FOR PERFORMANCE

    Paresh Randeria (8/1/2008)


    Let me clarify......

    It's the production database so FULL Recovery Model required and also we replicate tables too...

    But if you're not backing the log up, what's the point...

    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: Sql server stopped - tempdb

    Have a look at this, see if it helps you at all

    http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/07/11/cannot-access-company-web-after-installing-948110.aspx

    Something else for you to try. I hope you're comfortable with command line tools

    Open two command prompts on...

    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: Error conecting because of Login Trigger

    Starting SQL with -f works too. Had to do that once with a failed login trigger on a cluster. The DAC was set local only.

    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: Is Windows Admin automatically becomes SQL sysadmin?

    riga1966 (8/1/2008)


    Looks like if you're added to the Administrators Group

    on Windows 2000 server where SQL Server 2005 runs it doesn't mean

    you're automatically granted the same kind of permissions on SQL...

    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: Wrong TempDB path

    Try starting the server in minimal config. From the command prompt

    sqlservr.exe -f

    I think that may allow the service to start. I know there's one switch that allows SQL to start...

    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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