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  • RE: Congratulations to Our New MVPs

    Jeff Moden (7/2/2008)


    We can do that! I'll actually be at PASS this year! Looking forward to meeting you and many of the "old timers"...

    Excellent. We should organise 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: Congratulations to Our New MVPs

    Jeff Moden (7/2/2008)


    Folks, meet my friend at work, Mr. Venkat Gotur... this man is not only an awesome thinker/developer/designer (Just got promoted to "Prime" Developer... makes more coin than most...

    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: Non sargable mightmare

    OleHank (7/2/2008)


    DECLARE @retVal tinyint

    DECLARE @truthTable char(42)

    SET @truthTable = '111111012345201333330143444015345501234560'

    SET @retVal = CAST( SUBSTRING( @truthTable,...

    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: Congratulations to Our New MVPs

    Jeff Moden (7/2/2008)


    Oh my... wow... WOW! HOLY MACKERAL! :w00t::blush:

    Congrats Jeff. When you get down from cloud nine, let us know. Don't rush though, this doesn't happen every day. :w00t:...

    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: sp_executesql quirk/question

    Gaby Abed (7/2/2008)


    However when I change @sqlstring to the following: select @sqlstring = N'select @db..sysindexes'

    you need to concatenate the value of the variable into the string. This should more-or-less...

    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: Database error when tried to open

    Try downloading process explorer and see if you can identify what is using that file. If you can find out and you can remove that open file handle, you should...

    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: Database error when tried to open

    Ah. Now we get somewhere.

    Do you have an anitvirus that may be (or may have been) scanning the file? Do you perhaps have a file backup that may be (or...

    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: Database error when tried to open

    Are there any errors in the SQL error log?

    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: Database error when tried to open

    Is the log file where SQL expects it to be? That error indicates that the log fle couldn't be read.

    Have a look in the SQL error log, see if you...

    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: doubts in Indexing

    Try using the query execution plan to see if the index is used o not.

    Without more info on table structure, index structure and query, I can't even begin 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: Interogating a database transaction log file

    Michael Earl (7/2/2008)


    True, but what are the odds we're both off our meds on the same day?

    Good 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

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  • RE: Interogating a database transaction log file

    Or we're both delusional, which is at least possible... 😀 😉

    Considering I'm still up on cloud 9, it's not so unlikely for me. :w00t: :w00t: :hehe:

    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: Does Full Db backup include triggers ?

    Yes. A full backup contains all schema objects and data.

    How does a query fail because of a missing trigger?

    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: doubts in Indexing

    Did you check to see if the index you created was useful for the query?

    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: injection attack

    You need to find the application that is vulnerable to injection (you can use profiler to see the commands coming to the database)

    There isn't a quick silver bullet on this....

    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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