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  • RE: Query gone haywire

    Can you perhaps post the execution plan in its xml format? (save as .sqlplan, zip and attach to your post). The base tables and index definitions would also be nice.

    Regarding...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Lock pages in memory setting retrieval?

    Do you want to see what users have the lock pages privilidge? If so, you may have to locate where in the registry the values are entered and use xp_regread...

    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: Suspect database

    Do you have a backup?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Clustered Index - sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats

    mike.bishop (6/17/2008)


    In the sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats DMV the field user_lookups is the total number of bookmark lookups. Correct?

    Correct

    Either way my question is why do bookmark lookups occur on a clustered index?

    They...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Can any one tell about free ebook location of 70-443 exam and book also for home .One more confusion I have whether I should do first 70-441 or 70-443.

    nukhanwa (6/17/2008)


    It is a site for free PDF books, managed

    by a team worth appraising.

    That looks like a warez site. Links to copyrighted materials are not permitteed on this forum.

    Post...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: GO statement

    It's not T-SQL. You don't ever have to use it. There are many places it's convenient to use.

    As I mentioned, there are statements that need to be the 1st in...

    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: GO statement

    GO is a batch delmiter. It shows where 1 batch ends and another begins. There are some SQL statements (CREATE PROCEDURE) that have to be the first statement in the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Help with SQL Query

    Since you're using SQL 2005, look up PIVOT in books online.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: DBCC SHRINKFILE,Any Performance Issue?

    Set the log file for the max size it needs to be to support what you do to the DB.

    You can space out the index rebuild and/or backup 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: Moving Existing Table Indexes to new files from Primary file, improve performance

    Check the number of seeks, scans and lookups. If they're all 0, the index is not been used. Number of updates shows how many times SQL had to update 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: Report not rendering from saved snapshot

    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/Topic517923-150-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Moving Existing Table Indexes to new files from Primary file, improve performance

    tmbasha (6/16/2008)


    This is the table which stores an Order of 93 columns

    Still... I'd be quite willing to bet that SQL is only using a small % of those indexes. Check...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQL Server 2005 version

    ALTER AUTHORIZATION On <Object name> TO <New Owner>

    There are a lot of different options for ALTER AUTHORIZATION, so check what Books online has to say on the subject

    That's 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: SQL Server 2005 version

    control (6/16/2008)


    How can I do an update or change the value of one or some of the Column/s?

    You don't. The system tables aren't updatable in SQL 2005. They aren't even...

    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: unexplained locks

    Can you post the VB code please?

    Is it possible that you have implicit transactions and are reusing a connection that has an ope transaction?

    Second the suggestion of profiler. It will...

    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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