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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ed Wagner (9/1/2015)


    ZZartin (9/1/2015)


    Now if only all websites used the same algorithm to determine whether a password is strong enough.....

    That's a neat approach and...

    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: will adding an index help the performance on my tables with 10+m records? thanks

    Maybe

    Depends if the index is useful to the query and the query capable of using the index.

    Not knowing how you're replicating the data, it's a little hard to suggest alternatives...

    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: Filtering Common Table Expression within View

    The problem is likely to be the Group By that you have there. I don't know why it's there, because there's no aggregations.

    If the group by is removed, and someone...

    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: Table lock during 1 row update

    There's probably either no suitable index, or the update is written in such a way that SQL can't use the index and has to scan the table, hence the 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: Sudden CPU % Jump to 100% Usage

    Please start a new thread and give us as much information as possible.

    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: Blocking due to access_methods_scan_range_generator and Latch_Ex

    It's normal for sessions in parallel to 'block' each other. Your wait times are all around 15-30 ms. Why is this a problem?

    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: Paramterized stored procedure

    Before you implement that, please read this: http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/09/15/multiple-execution-paths/

    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: What is strongest encryption algorithms in SQL Server 2012

    For what?

    And do you need symmetric encryption or asymmetric?

    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: Good Maxdop value in SQL 2014

    How many physical cores per processor? Don't look at SQL, check the specs of the processor you 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

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Thanks everyone

    I'm leaning towards getting a 256 GB SSD for the OS and then 2 (or 3) 1TB drives for all the large stuff (databases, graphics resources for my 3D...

    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: Configuring Virtual Memory

    What exactly do you mean by 'configuring virtual memory'?

    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 Use Merge Statement?

    You'll need to import the spreadsheet into a table first. Use the Import/Export wizard for that. Once you've got the data in a table, use the UPDATE that Jason mentioned.

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    A question for those who have upgraded to Windows 10 and have SQL and Visual Studio installed:

    What the total size of the Windows and 2 Program Files directories?

    I'm trying to...

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    My Win 7 machine's got to the point of bluescreening about once ever 2 days with a System Service Exception (or something like that), so it's going to have to...

    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: Object Relational Modeling (ORM) Examples

    Grant Fritchey (8/31/2015)


    briankwartler (8/31/2015)


    Grant, Jeff, and Wayne:

    Which ORMs do you have experience with? I would think that the designers of these ORMs would very much like to hear of 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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