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  • RE: Can explain difference and details between 'Index Scan' and 'Index seek' in Query plan?

    🙂 Thanks.

    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: magic table in sql

    The inserted and deleted tables are only available inside triggers. In a trigger, you can select from them just like any other table.

    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: Difference between 'hash match/inner join' and 'nested loops/inner join' in execution query plan?

    Double post. Please continue thread here

    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: Difference between 'hash match/inner join' and 'nested loops/inner join' in execution query plan?

    Forgive me for again directing you elsewhere, but I wrote on this just a couple days ago

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2007/12/30/execution-plan-operations-joins/%5B/url%5D

    Again, if you have more questions, I'll be very happy to answer them.

    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: Resume Beefup

    karthikeyan (12/31/2007)


    How to beefup our resume ?

    Don't. A resume should be short and to the point. If I'm looking at a resume, there are three things I'm looking for.

    1) Your...

    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: Administering large Databases

    And your QA environment (at the least) should have close to the same amount of data as the production. This is so that you don't get queries that run fine...

    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: Can explain difference and details between 'Index Scan' and 'Index seek' in Query plan?

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2007/11/15/execution-plan-operations-scans-and-seeks/%5B/url%5D

    If you still have any questions, post them and I'll be happy to help.

    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: Microsoft SQL Native Client (0x80040E14)Incorrect syntax near '-'.

    Just before the MM_editCmd.Execute, could you add

    response.write MM_editQuery

    and post here the query that is written out?

    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: Hierarchy, and then some

    A recursive CTE is perfect for this. This may not be 100%, but should give you the idea.

    ;WITH RecursiveEmployees (Emp, Supervisor, Dept) AS

    (

    SELECT Emp, Supervisor, Dept FROM Employees 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: Building a Better Career

    I will strongly agree with your last point. I've seen that over and over again, often with complaints about favouritism from those who don't focus on their careers.

    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 to create System StoreProcedure ?

    It is possible to mark a procedure as a system procedure. It requires updating the system tables.

    Modifying the system tables is not a good idea. It is a very...

    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: need help in query design

    I would recommend, rather than trying to write a single query, you write three seperate stored procs, and call the one that you need from the front end.

    With a stored...

    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: help in query design

    Please don't post multiple times for the same problem. It fragments replies and wastes people's time

    Continue here please

    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: Need Information on SQL Exam

    For SQL 2005, the first exam you need to write is the Technical Specialist exam. After that, you'll probably want to do the IT Professional Database Developer Certification.

    All the info...

    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: Update *

    Did you try it?

    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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