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  • RE: Restoring differential backup on other server

    Abhijit (7/16/2008)


    Gila,

    Can we perform the restoration strategy this below manner..

    1 Full say full1, full2

    2 Differential say diff1, diff2, diff3....

    3 Transaction say trn1, trn2....

    When restoring the database.. Suppose u have...

    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: Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008

    matt stockham (7/15/2008)


    If you get the MCP newsletter, there is information in there incuding a few links. This is basically the ranger program opened up to anyone with 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: query

    Marios Philippopoulos (7/15/2008)


    last_execution_time[/b] value in the DMV is, say, from a week ago, wouldn't it be safe to assume that query plans that are a week old...

    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: Pointing multiple SQL Servers at a single MDF (on a SAN) with Read Only access

    Roust_m (7/15/2008)


    But apparantly it does not allow you to share a production database (read/write) with reporting servers in read only mode.

    You are correct, it does not. All of the databases...

    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: LOG File Growth

    rinu philip (7/15/2008)


    The result gave : dataname,FULL,LOG_BACKUP

    In the query : SELECT name, recovery_model_desc, log_reuse_wait_desc from sys.databases

    what does 'log_reuse_wait_desc' --mean?

    Its the reason that the space in the log file is...

    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: DBCC Reindex then ??

    SQL King (7/15/2008)


    Damn!! Thanks for that.

    Well, i guess I have to stick with the old plan where I have Full Backup and full recovery. But I am definately taking 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: clustered index and pK

    Abhijit (7/15/2008)


    It true that when we define the primary key by default it create the clustered index, but its not true you can define it as non clustred index...

    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 Transaction Log & Database Log File

    Transaction log entries are only purged on checkpoint if you are running in simple recovery mode. If you are in simple recovery mode, you cannot run log backups at all.

    In...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: DBCC Reindex then ??

    SQL King (7/15/2008)


    Thanks for all these answers above. Not only I have made myself clear, but I have reconfigured the way my database was set to now. I do have...

    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: Regarding extended stored procedure.

    What do you get returned by the following (fix directory and server names if necessary)

    exec master..xp_cmdshell 'dir \\Server A\*.*'

    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: Any Advice on Tuning

    GSquared (7/15/2008)


    This Solomon name on each table looks very familiar. Did I do something else with this database a while back?

    Probably. This isn't the first time Mike's posted a...

    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: Any Advice on Tuning

    Any Advice on Tuning

    Yeah. Get rid of the cursor. I can't see anything that makes the cursor necessary.

    Some information on what it's supposed to do, structures of tables involved 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: Deadlocks

    steve smith (7/15/2008)


    I can't get this to load in my browser. Is there a problem in the way it's cited?

    Try doing a save-as

    http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/1/c/f1cf7b8d-7fb9-4b71-a658-e748e67f9eba/RowVersioningBasedIsolation.doc

    I've greatly enjoyed this thread, and a...

    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: Deadlocks

    Jonathan Kehayias (7/15/2008)


    The key thing here is the timing of the events. In this kind of deadlock scenario, a few nanoseconds can make the difference between a successful execution...

    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: LOG File Growth

    Do you have replication active?

    Do you have database mirroring?

    If you run the following, what does it return for the DB in question?

    SELECT name, recovery_model_desc, log_reuse_wait_desc from sys.databases

    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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