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  • RE: Storage question

    Nope, it's still a single drive no matter how many pieces it's been split into.

    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?

    Eirikur Eiriksson (5/7/2015)


    GilaMonster (5/7/2015)


    Ok, I need to write something.

    Article requests?

    How about different types of db recovery?

    😎

    If you mean recovery models, I've done those before. If now, please clarify?

    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
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (5/7/2015)


    GilaMonster (5/7/2015)


    Lynn Pettis (5/7/2015)


    GilaMonster (5/7/2015)


    Ok, I need to write something.

    Article requests?

    How about: Partitioning for performance, what it really means. 😛

    This one not good enough? https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/gail-shaws-sql-server-howlers/

    Hey, I'm...

    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?

    Lynn Pettis (5/7/2015)


    GilaMonster (5/7/2015)


    Ok, I need to write something.

    Article requests?

    How about: Partitioning for performance, what it really means. 😛

    This one not good enough? https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/gail-shaws-sql-server-howlers/

    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: Truncate or shrink log while a delete is running

    No.

    The log can only be made reusable once the transaction completes. You can try to shrink it, but since there will be no free space the shrink will have no...

    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?

    Ok, I need to write something.

    Article requests?

    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: How a new partition Function apply for Current Data

    MotivateMan1394 (5/6/2015)


    What was the main purpose of the partitioning? If it couldn't help me in a 300 GB Database, What is the use ?

    From my first reply to this thread:

    GilaMonster...

    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: vNext 2016

    n.ryan (5/7/2015)


    MS-SQL on Azure (Azure-SQL) is very much more a PaaS solution with quite restricted functionality compared to the lower-level tweaks and tools available on a local MS-SQL server.

    Other...

    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: Temp Tables Persisting in the TembDB

    Freeing the proc cache does a hell of a lot more than just dropping the cached tables. You can't say that it's all due to the cached temp tables when...

    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: Recovery Pending Databases

    Then it's restore from a backup or complete loss of the DB. Sorry.

    btw, this isn't damage to the log files, this is damage to the data files. Either the server...

    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: vNext 2016

    The stretch feature looks useful for audit data too. There the inability to edit the rows is a feature, not a flaw.

    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
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  • RE: vNext 2016

    n.ryan (5/7/2015)


    I'd really see improvements(*) in the core engine as well

    There are some nice ones coming.

    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
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  • RE: IMPERSONATE ANY LOGIN permission

    Steve, shall I have a go at this one, if it's still wanted?

    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: SQL Server 2014 Cardinality Estimator

    Keith, if you're not going to get to this I can take it (to be done within a week).

    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: Setting Transaction Isolation Level

    Yes, that setting (which does not need a transaction) means that all tables are read without shared locks. There are still schema stability locks, modifications still take locks. Read Uncommitted...

    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
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