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  • RE: Sql server security

    Encrypted stored procs aren't hard to decrypt. Besides, if someone has the sa password, what stops them from conecting directly to the server and manipulating data?

    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: Uncomfortable situation at office

    jsheldon (5/15/2008)


    I have changed sa but really what is stopping the person from going to AD, changing my password, then logging into SQL, change 'sa' then do damage

    Nothing, but that...

    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: SqlServer Elapsed Time

    karthikeyan (5/15/2008)


    AWAITING COMMAND

    That's an idle conection. TRy runing sp_who2 while the slow query is executing, see what waits/blocks you 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: High CPU utilization and query is slow

    You have lots of table scans. They ain't gonna be fast

    @tmp_strategyid - A table variable? How many rows?

    [MARKET_RISK_DB_US].[publish].[DIM_STRATEGY] - 3 table scans. How many rows?

    [MARKET_RISK_DB_US].[publish].[DEAL_DTL] - 2 index seeks with...

    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: Uncomfortable situation at office

    jsheldon (5/15/2008)


    Domain Admins never were a user to any databases (from our ERP down to Citrix) the blackberry server (4 dbs behind the scenes) had Domain Admin group as 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: The Top Ten Reasons to Attend the PASS Summit 2008

    Tell the boss it's an excellent learning opportunity. Tell him you will take details of all teh problems you're currently having and will sit with some MS developers and find...

    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: Performance Tuning meeting

    Depends on the table. Heavy inserts tends to recommend a lower fill factor, while more static tables would probably have a higher fill factor.

    It's far more important though to make...

    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: The SQLServerCentral.com Party - 2008

    Timothy Ford (5/15/2008)


    First of all Grant and Gail, coming from the Program Committee, all I can say is that the sessions have been selected and it's to the point where...

    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: How do I know if the database log file is almost full?

    Backing up he log doesn't change the size of the log file on disk. It just removes inactive log records (after backing them up) and clears space in the 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: New SQL Injection Attack

    Loner (5/14/2008)


    I just had a SQL Injection attack last week. All the recommendations are good but the SQL statements are embedded in all the web pages in my company....

    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: error in dynamic sql syntax

    What does the print for the dynamic SQL return? Or does that also return an error?

    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: error in dynamic sql syntax

    Did you comment the insert out as well?

    This parses. It won't run, cause I don't have the tables, but it does parse.

    CREATE TABLE #XYZ(

    NTUser varchar(20),

    FullNTName varchar(50),

    FirstName varchar(20),

    MiddleName varchar(20),

    LastName varchar(40),

    Rolename varchar(30))

    DECLARE...

    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: error in dynamic sql syntax

    Replace the EXEC with a PRINT and have a look at what the constructed SQL statement is. You should be able to spot syntax errors fairly easily that way.

    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: Changed Compatibility level from 80 to 90

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

    Replies to the following thread please:

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic500696-146-1.aspx

    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: A strange performance issue

    jamiejulius (5/14/2008)


    In reference to the idea of changing the Recovery Model, are you suggesting that this would reduce the frequency and/or duration of the checkpoints?

    No. It won't. All 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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