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  • RE: DTS doesn't run on a 64-bit server

    Typical management. Tell them straight, there is no 64 bit solution to this problem.

    If you have SQL Server 2005, you can rewrite all the DTS packages in SSIS (not...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SSIS Experts

    Please don't cross post. It wastes people's time. Mos of us read all the forums.

    Replies to the following thread plase - SSIS Expert

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DTS doesn't run on a 64-bit server

    As far as I know, there's no 64 bit compile of DTSRun.

    I ran into exactly the same issue when we moved our app onto an Itanium. We had to...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: How can I ORDER BY AM PM of DateTime Stamp

    You're ordering by the string conversion of a date, not the date time itself. Therefore 10:24 PM comes before 6:45 AM. (because 1 comes before 6)

    If datetimestamp is a datetime...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: awe enable

    Please don't cross post. It wastes people's time.

    Replies to the following thread please - AWE Settings

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Triggers per second

    I don't know if there's a limitation,and I'm almost scared to ask why you're asking. In general, my opinion on triggers is as few as possible, executing as infrequently as...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: AWE SETTINGS

    What edition of SQL? What OS? 64bit? 32 bit?

    Do you have the /pae switch in the boot.ini file?

    Did you restart the SQL instance after enabling AWE?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Question about when to use different types of tables

    Jeremy (2/19/2008)


    Temp Tables

    ...

    3. Are persisted in tempdb

    So are table variables. Both will reside only in memory unless there is memory pressure, or the number of rows becomes too large to...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Question about when to use different types of tables

    I wrote a short comparison of temp tables and table variables a while back. - Temp tables vs table variables[/url]

    Might be of some use.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Locking issues

    7 indexes shouldn't slow an insert down that much.

    Can you post the code for that step, the table structure and the index definitions please? Also check to see if there...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: selecting dist records

    This should do what you want.

    The subquery gets the max date for each parent product. Then join the subquery back to the table on both columns to get the rest...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Production Support Levels

    karthikeyan (2/20/2008)


    I have attended an interview two weeks back. He asked me the mentioned question.

    There's not enough context to know what he was asking about

    Gila, are you from US or...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: RESTORE IN SQL 2005

    Local System is an account that has administrator rights on the local machine and NO rights to any other machine.

    If you want SQL to be able to backup and restore...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Slow Performing query

    Maybe, depends on what the table looks like. What's your intention with that complex expression in the count?

    Can you post the table's schema and the index definitions please.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Reindexing & defragmentation

    Doing a reindex right after a defrag is redundant and a waste of time and server resources

    A reindex does all that a defrag does and more.

    You would typically use a...

    Gail Shaw
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