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  • RE: which index to use to limit rows in a big table?

    Wapper (10/3/2007)


    GilaMonster, I cannot use convering index because next_id and status are only used for finding records, but to display what I've found I need all fields.

    You might still be...

  • RE: Data in Use or Data in memory

    First, a big, big thank you to Lara Rubbelke from Microsoft who presented on this at PASS recently. This code is derived from her presentation, and not somethng I came...

  • RE: Data in Use or Data in memory

    Ok, now that the crises are out of the way and I have a couple free minutes, let em see what I can conjure up for you.

    This is going to...

  • RE: Half a Million

    I joined SQL Central about 5 years ago, intitially as a place to get answers to problems I had with SQL. At the time I was just starting out on...

  • RE: More newbie system table help

    Sounds like the guy we had applying for a senior SQL Server DBA position. When we tested him, he couldn't write a select statement that returned the name and surname...

  • RE: sp_executesql execution time

    It really depends on a number of factors. Usually when my developers ask which of a couple of ways will be faster, I tell them to try both and see...

  • RE: More newbie system table help

    Jeff Moden (10/1/2007)


    Didn't ask what the decimal value of 24 was... ask which bit would be set. Hint, first bit is called "bit 1" or "bit 0" depending on...

  • RE: Data in Use or Data in memory

    Jeff Moden (10/1/2007)


    Didn't know that. Wow... the boy's in Redmond pretty much blew it there...

    Don't blame MS for this one. The 2005 encryption uses industry-standard, well proven encryption routines...

  • RE: Cannot open user default database. Login Failed for user x\y error 4064

    Are you trying from object explorer? That always tries to create a new connection for every action. You'll have to fix the problem in script.

    Don't bother with object explorer....

  • RE: Data in Use or Data in memory

    Robert Heynen (10/1/2007)


    Gal...can you direct me to the PASS article you speak of, and yes, it would be fabulous to have some semblance of code I could reference to...

    It wasn't...

  • RE: Is this workable

    If both columns involved in the OR are indexed (separate indexes), there's still a chance of a seek. Not a guarantee.

  • RE: Cannot open user default database. Login Failed for user x\y error 4064

    On the login dialog of management studio, there's options button. Click that and you'll get a second tab that includes a database dropdown. Type master in there and you should...

  • RE: which index to use to limit rows in a big table?

    Do you have to do select *? Selecting all the fields essentially makes creating covering indexes impossible.

    Try rebuilding both the NC and the clustered indexes and see if that makes...

  • RE: can we modify system tables in SQL Server 2000?

    Lester Policarpio (10/1/2007)[hr

    What if I just want to delete orphaned users in sysusers and i enabled the "allow updates" then disabled it after deleting the orphaned user?Am I doing a...

  • RE: can we modify system tables in SQL Server 2000?

    Don't recall. It took me quite some time to figure out the cause.

    Was something like 'Cannot find object NULL'. Seems that SQL does a string concatenation of the owner (null)...

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