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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Phil Parkin - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 11:56 AM

    Sounds like you didn't do enough (any?) pre-upgrade testing 😀 Have you narrowed...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Entire Database Encryption

    Agreed. Full database encryption protects against theft of the DB file or backups. For preventing the admin from seeing sensitive data, you should identify the sensitive data and encrypt just...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Affinity Mask...

    The main factor is why you're fiddling with it at all.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Log Shipping LSN in backup too recent to apply

    If you can find that log backup that was taken, you can restore that and then log shipping will resume. If you can't however, you'll have to rebuild the log...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Restore log file fails 3117

    From the previous thread:

    Then, restore the full backup WITH NORECOVERY, restore any log backups taken since the full backup followed by the one you took from the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Entire Database Encryption

    Always Encrypted is not intended to be entire DB encryption, but to encrypt the data so that the admins can't read it. The idea is that you encrypt the sensitive...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Should audit columns exist in each table?

    Depends.
    What do you need them for, and what are your audit needs?

    If you don't care about changes to rows, don't use them.
    If you need 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

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  • RE: Entire Database Encryption

    vinayakhupare 15580 - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 3:22 AM

    Thank you for your quick reply.
    Is there any option to achieve this in...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: sleeping SPIDs consume CPU and memory ?

    coolchaitu - Monday, September 25, 2017 9:00 AM

    Do the sleeping SPIDs consume CPU and memory while they are in sleeping state?

    No. Sleeping...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Log Shipping LSN in backup too recent to apply

    CheckPoint - Monday, September 25, 2017 12:25 PM

      Am I missing something? 

    Yup, another log backup (or multiple log backups) that happened...

    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: Entire Database Encryption

    In fact, just about the only way you can have the DBA not see the data (without rewriting the app and bringing it to its knees with performance problems) is...

    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: The order of TRUNCATE and DROP / DISABLE NONCLUSTERED INDEXES

    kevaburg - Monday, September 25, 2017 8:39 AM

    Is there any gain to be had at all by disabling the nonclustered Indexes?
    . ...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: TSQL Query help plz..

    Homework? Exam? Interview?

    Yes,  you can get the minimum loan payment date using Group By.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Recover data from encrypted log file

    There's a semicolon in the middle of that statement.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Recover data from encrypted log file

    spuyear - Sunday, September 24, 2017 7:43 AM

    Is this the correct method?

    No, that will not work. You can't replace database files...

    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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