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  • RE: Log and DB placement.

    I wouldn't suggest putting the log on the OS drive. If you do that it's compeating with the swap file. Bad idea.

    Can you buy a 3rd drive?

    Where's TempDB?

    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: in sys processes "lastwaittype " showing PAGEIOLATCH_SH

    Ok, let's see if I have this straight.

    You have 3 disks in a raid 5 config. The one resultant raid array is then divided into 3 partitions, c:, d: 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: Compatibility Level automatic change from Database Copy Wizard (or parameter in the command line job?)

    pduplessis (6/20/2008)


    Yeap, South Africa. Get me not wrong, I am not saying the entire country has such environments or that all of us are bad at SQL, but finding the...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Compatibility Level automatic change from Database Copy Wizard (or parameter in the command line job?)

    pduplessis (6/20/2008)


    Sometimes you are restricted by some things that you really take for granted.

    I've learnt never to take anything for granted.

    Obviously in some countries like mine, the level of...

    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: in sys processes "lastwaittype " showing PAGEIOLATCH_SH

    mithun gite (6/20/2008)


    should i need to put switch of 3gb to increase the memory?

    Your memory is not the issue. Your drives are the issue right now. First thing is 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: Compatibility Level automatic change from Database Copy Wizard (or parameter in the command line job?)

    pduplessis (6/20/2008)


    Interestingly enough, they still aint backing up, no matter how much squeeze my boss is putting on them.

    ~PD

    Um..... <speechless>

    They are planning on implementing backups once it becomes production. Right?

    Restoring...

    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: Compatibility Level automatic change from Database Copy Wizard (or parameter in the command line job?)

    cgchavero (6/19/2008)


    I need to copy some databases from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 and set Compatibility Level to SQL 2005 automatically.

    Tanks!

    Why not just restore a backup? It'sll probably be faster...

    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: Maintaining the Database Performance

    sram24_mca (6/20/2008)


    SELECT@ServiceID = I.ServiceID, @Name = I.[Name],

    @LocationID = I.LocationID, @ModifiedBy = I.CreatedBy,

    @Deleted = I.Deleted

    FROM INSERTED I

    One problem with your trigger straight off, ignoring performance problems...

    It only caters for single...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Is it possible to SELECT an encrypted column like this ?

    TheSQLGuru (6/19/2008)


    This mechanism does opens up the possibility of a dictionary attack to retrieve the value.

    Suggestion I've seen to avoid that is to have a salt in a...

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Maintaining the Database Performance

    Could you post an example of one of those triggers please? It's hard to talk about increasing performance without some code.

    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: in sys processes "lastwaittype " showing PAGEIOLATCH_SH

    OK. wanna check something first. Those values are for the sec/read, not the read/sec?

    If so, You have major IO problems! The memory doesn't look bad, the cache hit ratio 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: SQL server 2000 - Performance issue

    Are you sure that the sleeping sessions come from IIS?

    Are these sessions blocking other sessions? Why are you concerned about them?

    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: Tricky SELECT QUERY

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes people's time and fragments replies. Many of us read all the forums.

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to:

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic520315-338-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Converting a column value 12:27:2008 to 12.27.2008

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes people's time and fragments replies.

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to:

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic520331-148-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: TuningProc

    The remote server or the driver for the linked server doesn't allow remote transactions.

    It's nothing to do with the proc rewrite. Check the linked server settings or check 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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