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  • RE: Need HELP with using IF or CASE in Where clause..

    There's a bunch of ways. Do be aware that this often degrades performance, so rather avoid on larger tables or important queries

    select * from t_rbt_data

    where dt between '2014-01-01' and '2014-03-31'

    AND...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL 2012 locking blocking and deadlocks

    Timeouts are a client-side setting, SQL doesn't give up on queries unless it's told to (kill session or attention call from client app)

    There's a lock wait setting somewhere (sp_configure I...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Does anyone care that I passed 70-461?

    j.b.shteyn (4/9/2014)


    So I gave them a quick spiel about creating clustered indexes on the column they join on most frequently and non-clustered on columns in where clause

    While that's what a...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Why is remote scan

    It's just how many of the DMVs are implemented, using a mechanism kinda like a linked server. Don't worry about it.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Unique Column

    Great. Now drop the table, convert that to a char(10) (nchar if you need arabic, chinese, etc) and then run modified create table, as you have it above.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Referential Integrity and Optimize

    First fix your data types.

    Second, how do those tables relate to one another?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Unique Column

    Remove the TEXTIMAGE_ON clause of the create table, as it only has meaning when there is a LOB column in the table

    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: Does anyone care that I passed 70-461?

    Personally, having written more cert exams than is probably wise (and a lot of them as betas, so complete with poor spelling, grammar errors, confusing questions and nonsensical answers), I...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Update in outer Apply

    Table definitions and easily usable sample data please (as insert statements)

    Using SQL 2008 or 2012?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Unique Column

    Because you defined it as NVARCHAR(MAX), a character string up to 2 billion characters long. Index keys can be no larger than 900 bytes.

    Is your product code really over...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Update in outer Apply

    No, not possible.

    A SELECT returns data, the outer-most query is a select, so it is supposed to be returning data, not changing it. What are you trying to do?

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

    Temp tables are created in TempDB. your sequence is in your user database, not TempDB, so the 2-part reference fails as the sequence can't be found.

    Edit: Code removed.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: UPDATE STATS FULL SCAN and MEMORY

    Depends on what indexes are available.

    The memory request is not the buffer pool space. It's workspace memory for things like sorts, hashes or other query operator operations which need memory.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Backup strategy to choose

    If you want backups that you can restore, DB backups would be useful. Depending how they're doing the server image, it may or may not produce usable databases once restored.

    Before...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Find and Replace Injection String in Server 2005

    Jeff Moden (4/9/2014)


    Heh... I tend to blame both. Cruddy tools being used by people that just don't know. It's a deadly combination.

    Frighteningly true, especially since the people who...

    Gail Shaw
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