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  • RE: SQL Join Hints

    It is possible to force the type of join (nested loop, merge, hash) you want, however, unless you really understand how the different joins work, when the different types are...

    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

    - becuae the coffee in Seattle is soooo very good.

    - because it's a good opportunity to renew friendships with the people you met last conference

    - because you'll never complain about...

    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: Changing datatype of a column

    ALTER TABLE <Table name> ALTER COLUMN <Column name> <New data type>

    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: Command to know the Name of the database of a backup file

    If you do a Restore Headeronly, you get a resultset with details on each backup that's contained within the file. The DB name is one of the things returned.

    restore headeronly...

    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: READ ONLY database

    Are the files read only? (if you copied them using CD/DVD it's very likely they are)

    Are the files in a compressed or encrypted directory?

    What happens if you run

    ALTER DATABASE...

    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: DBCC DBREINDEX and Logical Fragmentation

    How big are those tables? How many pages?

    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: WARNING - restores clear your proccache

    Certain sp_configures also flush the cache. I don't know offhand which ones. In SQL 2000 prior to SP4 (I think) it was all changes done using sp_configure

    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 Problem

    There's a whitepaper on best practices for TempDB. I'll see if I can find it, I think I have the link at the office,

    Regarding the separate drives, it depends on...

    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: Memory error - please help!

    colin Leversuch-Roberts (5/4/2008)


    I'm thinking about a post/page about x32 memory - I thought that this subject was old hat these days but obviously not!

    Please do. It would be...

    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: Memory error - please help!

    Colin: do you have a good article/blog post that explains /3gb, /pae and AWE on 32 bit systems?

    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: Memory error - please help!

    All /3gb does is change the normal division of the virtual addressable 4 GB (all that's directly addressable on 32 bit) from 2GB for user processes and 2 GB for...

    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: missing something in delete loop code......

    Not sure, but maybe put the SET ROWCOUNT inside the dynamic SQL.

    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: When instance started up ?

    Or on SQL 2005, SELECT min(login_time) FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions

    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: Protecting SQL Server if the domain is compromised?

    Unless he knows enough about SQL to start it in single user mode.

    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: Memory error - please help!

    schep021 (4/25/2008)


    The plan is to set the max server memory to 6.5GB and min server memory to 1GB. I think all we need for switches is /3GB since 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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