Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 5,911 through 5,925 (of 49,552 total)

  • RE: Basic Webpage to Enter data into multiple tables in MSSQL

    I second the recommendation of Lightswitch, it's what it's designed for. There's lots of pitfalls in 'simple' PHP pages, not least of which are very common security mistakes.

    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: RowNumber issue

    tshad (5/16/2015)


    I assumed it was because I had both a date and varchar column in the case statement. But it only doesn't work if the @SortOrder is "DocumentName" (varchar)....

    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: Separate tran log files for multiple databases?

    Start my identifying which of the database files have the heaviest IO load and the highest delays on them. The answer to your question comes from the data. If a...

    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: Finding Problem Code

    Jeff Moden (5/8/2015)


    I've found that it's usually not the long running queries that are a problem. It's usually the most frequently run queries that are the problem.

    This....

    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: All restore sequences begin with either a full backup or filegroup backup

    afw (5/15/2015)


    All restore sequences begin with either a full backup or filegroup backup. When restoring backups, you have the option to terminate the restore process at any point and make...

    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: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    David Webb-CDS (5/15/2015)


    You gather the customer, the developer, the network guys, the storage guy, and the server guy in a conference room. They all swear that nothing has changed....

    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: Error [36, 17, 145] occurred while attempting to drop allocation unit

    Offhand, no idea. Is your SQL instance patched? You may also consider contacting Microsoft Customer Support.

    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: restoring .bak file to new database using T-SQL

    The database BCCrestore already exists. Use a different name.

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ed Wagner (5/15/2015)


    SQLRNNR (5/15/2015)


    GilaMonster (5/14/2015)


    Question for the people here...

    Over the years I've been very careful to keep my blog completely non-commercial, no adverts, no plugs for my company, nothing. Partially...

    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: restoring .bak file to new database using T-SQL

    No.

    You'll need to move the backup file to the server that the SQL instance is running on. Speak to your DBA or sysadmin if you don't have access 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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Hybrid model database design

    Sapen (5/15/2015)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (5/14/2015)


    Sapen (5/14/2015)


    Hello,

    I am using sql2012 se and we want to use couchbase to store some data as documents. So the database will be Hybrid(partly SQLServer and Partly...

    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: Publish a subscriber?

    It's possible. If you want to research, the term used for this scenario is 'republishing'

    However, if you want to migrate, database mirroring or log shipping may be easier to use....

    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: Cache Manipulation

    You can't avoid the optimiser. Even the USE PLAN hint requires that the optimiser runs the optimisation process until it finds the plan specified. Hence it can actually increase 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: Project suggestion for a noob

    Consider seeing if there are any non-profits in your area that might want some DB work done.

    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: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    Luis Cazares (5/14/2015)


    You receive a late call during the night to inform you that the server is down and must be working correctly before everyone arrives in the morning. How...

    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

Viewing 15 posts - 5,911 through 5,925 (of 49,552 total)