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  • RE: Schema Backup

    In SQL Server, you can't take backups at a schema level. Oracle's schemas are closer to SQL Server databases than they are to SQL schemas. If it's a requirement to...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: The Number that shouldn't be a number

    t.pinder (2/10/2015)


    So, we have a DB with 1600+ tables - each with the two boolean fields I mentioned above. Can I change them all to bit? How?

    ALTER TABLE ... ALTER...

    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: Maintenance Plans Failing

    Weird.

    That's one of the more useless error messages I've seen SQL return too. Nothing more useful in the error log?

    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: Maintenance Plans Failing

    Err, I meant manual backups, as in BACKUP DATABASE ... TO DISK = ....

    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: Maintenance Plans Failing

    What does a manual backup fail with?

    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 order of fields create any performance issues?

    below86 (2/6/2015)


    does the order the fields are listed in make any difference in performance? What about if the SQL was ran in SSIS, without insert into and using...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Which certificate will help me earn a job in IT?

    hanialbarni (2/9/2015)


    The thing is am 26 I don't want to make any more mistakes in life such as choosing something wrong to study.

    So why are you asking us then?...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Trying to get started.

    nigelevenden (2/9/2015)


    And, I would imagine I need to find a trial of an older version of SQL Server rather than buy 2014 Developer Edition.

    You imagine wrong 😉

    It should be fine...

    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: regarding sql developer

    subramanyam.mannepalli (2/9/2015)


    and if any one please send the resume as sql server developer. to subramanyam......

    And why exactly do you want someone's resume? A resume is *your* job and education...

    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: Which certificate will help me earn a job in IT?

    What do you enjoy?

    A certification alone is not going to get you a job, and besides, do you really want a job that you hate?

    1 - MCSA - SQL 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: I want to be certified SQL developer, what to do?

    https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/sql-certification.aspx

    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: Burnout

    Kendra's list doesn't match what I went through either. It's useful, but it shouldn't be used for diagnosis.

    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 kill current queries taking most cpu.

    Randomly killing connections is not a solution. At best you're going to have the people simply re-connect and start their queries over, at worst you're going to have reports sent...

    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 kill current queries taking most cpu.

    Politely tell the user that the database management is your business and not theirs. Or tell them that their queries are the most expensive and offer to kill them.

    Randomly killing...

    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: Customers stopped ordering a Product query

    Please post the create table statements for each table, some sample data (as insert statements) and your expected results.

    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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