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  • RE: Werid _WA_Sys Index

    The _WA_sys aren't indexes. They're automatically created column statistics. Nothing more.

    They're created to help the optimiser determine the number of rows that queries should return. They're created on columns that...

  • RE: why would 'create procedure' run?

    KATHLEEN Y ZHANG (2/28/2008)


    somehow a proc I created to monitor blocking shows 'create proc' on the blocking side and 'execute' on the blocker side. I am not sure why.

    How...

  • RE: Interview Tips

    lucky (2/28/2008)


    I'll be having an interview tomorrow and I would like to get some hot tips

    Sure.

    Be honest about your level of knowledge. Any competant interviewer can tell knowledge from...

  • RE: DBCC Checksum Returned Error

    Yup. I've seen that before.

    Had an old DB that we found corruption in. Had no idea how long it had been there, and the earliest backup we had was...

  • RE: INNER JOIN drags query

    Can you also post the execution plans from the 2005 servers (saved as .sqlplan files, zipped and attached to post please)

  • RE: Casting a smallint column to work with a IN Condition

    The only option other than dynamic SQL (which you said you don't want) is to look up one of the split functions here (should be one in the script section)...

  • RE: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

    Jeff Moden (2/28/2008)


    Um... star schema's? Isn't there a sidewalk like that somewhere in Hollywood? 😀

    Might be. I know I've heard something about something like that. Will have to check...

  • RE: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

    Mark Markov (2/28/2008)


    You see, I don't really know SQL Server, I am just trying to memorize all the answers and get a job! :w00t: Please don't criticize me, I need...

  • RE: GROUP BY difference in 2K5 and 2k?

    I tried that on sQL 2005 SP2.

    Msg 8120, Level 16, State 1, Line 6

    Column 'a.a2' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate...

  • RE: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

    When I'm interviewing, I ask questions on any or all of the below topics, depending what position I'm interviewing for.

    Indexes - types, differences.

    Statistics - what, why

    Database corruption - how to...

  • RE: DBCC Checksum Returned Error

    p.s. You should also try and work out why the corruption occurred. Did you have a server crash? Are you gtting any errors from the hard drives? etc

  • RE: DBCC Checksum Returned Error

    Sugesh Kumar (2/28/2008)


    Run the DBCC CHECKDB with repair option to get rid of those errors.

    Rather don't. Repair should be the last resort for fixing corruption, not the first.

    The best way...

  • RE: Database performance

    First thing you need to do is to identify why the web site is slow. Once you've found the cause of the slowness, it's often fairly easy to fix.

    Performance monitor...

  • RE: Shrinking log files in SQL 2000

    And after that, take a full database backup.

    Backup log with truncate breaks the log recovery chain, meaning you'll no longer be able to restore to a pouint in time...

  • RE: Database triggers and simple recovery model

    In simple recovery mode, all transactions are fully logged.

    When the transactions have committed, and the dirty data buffers have been flushed to disk, the log entries are marked inactive...

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