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  • RE: Cannot delete table

    Dugi (7/11/2008)


    It seems that you should close the conn, but also try to restart all services on the Instance where you are working!

    :w00t:

    That's a tad extreme to get rid of...

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  • RE: Coming In August

    Michael Valentine Jones (7/11/2008)


    They didn't really announce that they are releasing SQL Server 2008. They announced that they are adding it to the price list.

    True, but the TPC benchmark...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Coming In August

    Jeff Moden (7/11/2008)


    Heh... I had the feeling you'd say that... I think all of that is more for formatting for folks that can't get over the 19000101 meaningless date because...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Truncate Log on Checkpoint

    William (7/11/2008)


    K. Brian,

    So based on what you've quoted from BOL would you say that those conditions when a Checkpoint occurs are not RECOVERY MODEL specific so that my using a...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: CPU 100% Lots of Loks. tempdb.dbo.#TMP_CLIENTS_PROCESSING

    Is the job still running?

    What does that proc do?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Deadlocks

    David Griffiths (7/11/2008)


    So my point remains: some deadlocks are unavoidable because they are inherent in the design of SQL Server.

    Could you post some code for the update and the select...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Cannot delete table

    If you did not create the temp table, you cannot drop it. Only the connection that created the temp table can drop it.

    The table will be deleted when it goes...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DBCC commands

    There are examples of how to use it in Books Online.

    CheckDB generates a lot of info messages as it runs. If it finds any errors it will tell you. As...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: When does SQL Server execute a Checkpoint

    Michael Earl (7/11/2008)


    Ok, I have to ask, what possible method of tracking changes could you be using that would be impacted by when a checkpoint happens?

    Reading the active portion of...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Indexes & FillFactor

    Perry Whittle (7/11/2008)


    GilaMonster (7/11/2008)


    The related effect of the fill factor is to increase the number of pages in the index.

    and consequently the overall file size.

    As well as the depth of...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Invalid syntex near 'se

    All it means is that the statement in question is not valid SQL. It could be anything

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Indexes & FillFactor

    Bear in mind that was a very simple 2 table database that I played with there. Don't assume that the 0% will apply to more complex DBs with more...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Coming In August

    A time table - Physics 101, Lecture room 2B, 9am every monday.

    Movie schedules. Movie X shows every day this week at 17:00, 20:30 and 23:00

    A store list with their opening...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Use a JOIN or a WHERE statement? What's the Difference?

    Michael Earl (7/11/2008)


    You can do an outer join with your join information in the where clause.

    However, use the JOIN keyword. The old syntax with tables spearated by commas and...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Cache

    Freeproccache clears out all cached plans, for both stored procs and adhoc queries.

    Gail Shaw
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