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  • RE: Global Temp Table

    A global temp table is dropped as soon as the connection which created it closes and no one else is referencing it. Hence when step 1 of the job finished,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Logshipping failing due to log backup missing

    No.

    If there's been no full backup of the primary since you can use a differential to bridge the gap (take diff backup on primary, restore with no recovery on secondary)....

    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: Use of DBCC FREESESSIONCACHE

    Before answering your last three questions...

    Why are you considering running it at all?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL apparently not realising it should ditch a cached execution plan and make a new one

    Smells like a parameter sniffing problem.

    No, WITH RECOMPILE is not the solution. It may 'fix' things, but it's a sledgehammer and it'll send your CPU usage way, way up.

    Can't say...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: CPU intensive Vs I/O intensive

    TheSQLGuru (2/12/2015)


    In about 20 years of working with SQL Server, mostly as a consultant at a wide variety of clients I have come across only a few systems that were...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Server Administration

    Not possible. Suggest to them that they encrypt, in the application, any data that they don't want the DBA to see.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Server Execution Plans - Grant Fritchey

    All nonclustered indexes contain the clustered index key.

    Hence, that nonclustered index on Name contains both Name and ContactTypeId

    Your query has no where clause, hence there's no possibility for anything other...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Need help in SP Its urgent :-( please help me

    Then motivate to get someone in to help out in this area. Most good consultants will teach as they fix, so you get the immediate problems fixed and you learn...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Need help in SP Its urgent :-( please help me

    Zohaib Anwar (2/12/2015)


    Ok can you please suggest that can we use WAITFOR (Transact-SQL) in this SP for timeout?

    Lol. You have a problem where the procedure is taking...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DBA certification sqlserver2014

    cathrinegarcia24 (2/12/2015)


    1. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE (MTA)

    That's for people with no experience, it's not required by the MCSA/MCSE and is probably a waste of time for anyone who's got DBA/DB Dev...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Need help in SP Its urgent :-( please help me

    twin.devil (2/12/2015)


    if you do not want to change that then you should begin and commit against each INSERT you are performing in your query.

    I strongly disagree there.

    Doing as you suggest...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Need help in SP Its urgent :-( please help me

    Zohaib Anwar (2/12/2015)


    Please let me know if you need any further detail. I Can also provide Trace file if required. please help me its urgent development team is asking ETA...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Too large log file size

    You want to shrink the file without shrinking the file?

    Why is 5GB too big?

    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 control LDF file growing size?

    Start by figuring out why it's growing. Search for my article "Help, my transaction log is full."

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DBA certification sqlserver2014

    There isn't one.

    MCSA: SQL Server 2012

    MCSE (This one's been updated with some 2014 stuff)

    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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