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  • RE: Transaction log issue

    That error means that the last backup that was restored to the database was restored WITH RECOVERY. With recovery means that transactions are rolled forward and back as necessary and...

    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: Certfication on MS SQL 2005

    Buy the self-paced training kits for the different exams. They are quite good.

    Brain dumps are cheating and, if you are caught using them, all of your certifications will be revoked,...

    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: SQL SERVER MEMORY CONSUMPTION PROBLEM

    You may want to set the max memory lower. Maybe 3 GB. SQL's been told that it may use up to 3.5 GB and it will do that, even if...

    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: Query Hints for Performance

    Michael Earl (7/30/2008)


    NOLOCK in particular can result in missed or even duplicated data as your query reads through the pages.

    And readpast can skip rows by definition, since it doesn't...

    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: Restricting access to T-SQL within Enterprise Mgr

    Just be aware that in SQL 2000 decrypting encrypted stored procedures was a fairly trivial operation.

    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: Query Hints for Performance

    Rather stay away from any form of hints. If you have blocking problems look at optimising the queries that are causing the blocking, rather than hiding the symptoms with locking...

    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: Indexing on Foreign Keys is advisable or not?

    Sandy (7/30/2008)


    (Still i wants to know should i create index or not on the foreign key column.....he he he..lolz....:))

    As I said several times in this thread, probably but test to...

    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: Evaluation Expired!

    Michael Earl (7/30/2008)


    I used a beta 2, two different CTP builds, and RC0 and had trouble with the uninstalls of all of them. It may take some work to...

    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: Indexing on Foreign Keys is advisable or not?

    Sure, but don't consider them the official word from Microsoft, as that is not the case.

    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: Indexing on Foreign Keys is advisable or not?

    Sandy (7/30/2008)


    more over to that, if you also go through the MSDN, its clear that its often suggested you can use index on foreign key...

    the word "often" makes me more...

    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: Super-long-running query?

    I doubt it. Openrowset is a function to pull data into SQL in a table format. The default trace runs to disk.

    I've never seen this on my servers and...

    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: Indexing on Foreign Keys is advisable or not?

    Those aren't official Microsoft Standards, they're blog posts by two MVPs.

    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: Evaluation Expired!

    Have you tried downloading RC0? It's the latest publicly available pre-release version. AFAIK, the CTPs have hardcoded expiry dates in them. It makes sense as they are just for testing.

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=35f53843-03f7-4ed5-8142-24a4c024ca05&DisplayLang=en

    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: Indexing on Foreign Keys is advisable or not?

    To be a bit more specific, when I'm considering indexes, what I will do is create the index that I think may be useful (perhaps one on a foreign key),...

    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: Indexing on Foreign Keys is advisable or not?

    Sandy (7/30/2008)


    Gail,

    If you will become the DB designer then which model do you prefer??

    I mean to say...a Covering Index on the table OR a Index on Foreign Key column??

    Depends. Maybe...

    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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