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  • RE: Same or different execution plan for similar looking SQL Statements?

    Different entries in the plan cache, very likely the same plan form, but two different plan objects in cache.

    The queries would have to be an exact text match to have...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: can you do Alwayson setup without any storage

    sej2008 (12/19/2014)


    i am talking abt Sql 2012 High Availability group that requires

    wfc.

    SQL Server failover clustering or Always On Availability Groups? Your posts are not clear as to which you're...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (12/18/2014)


    So, I'm curious. Anyone have any major projects that people want before the end of the year?

    Yes. The complete reverse engineer and rewrite of a crop modelling system,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Backup with CHECKSUM OR Verify backup or Both?

    Only checksum = you have no idea if your backup file is damaged

    Only verify only = you have no idea if your backup file is damaged

    Both - you have...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Log backup is huge even when the actual log file size is very small

    Are you appending to the file when taking backups?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Scan Count and Logical Reads

    Ignore scan count. It is not the number of times a table has been scanned.

    As for the high logical reads:

    Large table

    No indexes

    Non-optimal execution plan

    Poorly written query

    Poor table design

    Pick any one,...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Passing parameter take diffrent excecution time

    Blocking? Something on that server has rows for november locked?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: BAckups in default location without SQL job

    Grant Fritchey (12/17/2014)


    Check the error log. You can see when backups were fired off there.

    Error log will also tell you the login name used.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: can you do Alwayson setup without any storage

    Depends

    Are you talking about Always On Windows Clustering or Always On Availability Groups?

    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: strange problem of stored procedure performance

    Steps 4 and 8 both invalidate/remove the cached plan from cache forcing the optimiser to create a new execution plan

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Is sysadm needed for the following?

    None of the rest require sysadmin, and to be honest you probably shouldn't be letting an app make random login changes. It has no business doing so (and that would...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Detach System Databases

    As long as, when the service restarts, the system database files have the exact same path and name and SQL has full permissions on files and folders, you should be...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: BAckups in default location without SQL job

    Via windows scheduler? Via an application?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: One Database vs. Multiple Databases

    The other thing to think about is that the database is the unit of restores. Will you ever be required to revert customer 42's data back to how it was...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Restore multiple BAK files to multile mdf's ndf's

    Express12 (12/17/2014)


    How can I restore the DB to multiple MDF's, NDF's across our 3 drives ( E: F: G: )

    You can't.

    A backup, no matter how many...

    Gail Shaw
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