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  • RE: VLF & Logfile Shrinking with Logshipping configuration

    Just don't set the DB to simple recovery model in the process.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/21/2015)


    I had someone ask recently about seeing more dev articles, especially T-SQL based ones. Anyone up for doing some one-pagers that solve some of the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Phil Parkin (8/21/2015)


    Most importantly is avoidance of the run_date cast. As we are using YYYYMMDD int format, the simple -1 works and we don't lose the possibility of an index...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: The Road to Success

    podmate (8/20/2015)


    I have never worked for a tech employer that would pay you for training or encouraged you to train on company time (barring being sent offsite for training which...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQL Server timing out

    Yes. It's a common reason for error 32.

    Fix your virus checker according to MS recommendations: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/309422

    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: C Drive needs memory - Log File very large

    What you probably want to read is this: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administration/64582/

    Before you do anything, find out what the recovery requirements are for the databases. If drives fail, is restoring to the previous...

    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: C Drive needs memory - Log File very large

    pietlinden (8/20/2015)


    Read this[/url].

    Why? He's not deleting the log.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQL Server timing out

    Operating system error 32 is "File in use by another process". It's not permission-related.

    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: Is the SQL Server Profiler Reads Column Incorrect For Parallel Plans?

    Eric M Russell (8/20/2015)


    The two combined should sum near the same with two identical plans

    The logical reads should be the same with identical plans. The physical reads may not.

    It's...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Database Mirroring Restore Database--sql server 2012

    Which is missing any useful information. 🙁

    Check that the query window where you ran the SELECT from sys.databases is pointing to the correct server. There's no reason I can think...

    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?

    Someone who's more familiar with mirroring please have a look here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1713336-2799-1.aspx

    Does not look right to me that a mirrored DB isn't in the system views (I wonder if she's...

    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: Hiding the security folder from contractors using SMSS

    Also confirm that no one's done anything stupid, like granting CONTROL SERVER to public or assigning the sysadmin role to <DOMAIN>\Users (seen both before)

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Database Mirroring Restore Database--sql server 2012

    Huh?

    No, once you fail over the mirror is active and the DB is online.

    You have mirroring implemented at the moment, the principle on one instance, the mirror on another?...

    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: Hiding the security folder from contractors using SMSS

    Eric M Russell (8/20/2015)


    They can even drop you as a SYSADMIN and declare themselves God if they want.

    Now there's something for someone's sig..

    DECLARE @Myself CHAR(3) = 'GOD';

    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: Database Mirroring Restore Database--sql server 2012

    Does the database xyz exist?

    What does this return?

    select name from sys.databases

    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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