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  • RE: Ordering of forums?

    I bought a whole lot too. Close on $400 of books.

    I'll be learning from this conference for months to come, especially once the DVD arrives. It was definitely worth...

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Tempdb Contention

    This may sound like a stupid question, but please humour me.

    How do you know you're having performance issues?

    Are queries slow? If so, all queries or some? All the time or...

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Ordering of forums?

    :blink: :blink: You're right. Wow. Certainly puts some perspective on things.

    If it hadn't been for the layovers in London the conference would have been longer, but not by much.

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: This is why we needed the title in the notification msg

    Neither do I usually. I found this when I was posting a bug report, of all ironies.

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Problem with log file

    How many rows are in the table now? How many will still be there after the delete? Are there any foreign keys on this table or referencing this table?

    If 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: DEAD LOCK

    Iterative delete is easy, and often necessary on large deletes. This is how I do it. Others may have their own preferences

    DECLARE @Done BIT

    SET @Done = 0

    SET ROWCOUNT 1000 --...

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: DBCC checkdb error

    Run checkdb with the no_infomsgs option. That way all you'll see are any errors, not the detailed breakdown of how many rows are in how many pages of each 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: This is why we needed the title in the notification msg

    This one.

    Initially there was one blank line above. I edited 3 times.

    p.s. Thanks for the email header. I get to clear out my mail box on monday when I get...

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Couple minor bugs

    Ninja's_RGR'us (9/26/2007)


    :hehe: only is Shouth Africa :P.

    I resemble that remark! 😀 :hehe:

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Points or Posts

    Make the points visible somewhere else (front page) and change the formula so that contributing scripts or articles also counts (probably more than qotd answers and forum posts)

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Ordering of forums?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (9/27/2007)


    How was the return trip from PASS ?

    Long. :doze:

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Ordering of forums?

    The major groups are fine. The forums within them seem to be changing order every time I visit.

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Points or Posts

    In the forums, posts only. Generally, but not always, high post count shows someone who spends time answering questions, hence contributing to the site.

    It's not difficult to get the QotD...

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: What is a Case Study??

    Questions are still multiple choice, but they're based off a business case given, usually a couple pages worth. As a very rough, very simplified example. (the question may not have...

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Selecting distinct records

    What do you want the result to look like?

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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