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  • RE: Strange Behavior with (nolock)

    Nolock means 'with potentially incorrect data', not usually this incorrect, but you should expect to not always get correct results when you use nolock. It's why it's not recommended for...

    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: NetBackup Log backup interfer with existing SQL Server Log Backups?

    alanspeckman (10/21/2013)


    Backing up Log Shipped databases

    Do not take other log backups of a log shipped DB or you will break the log shipping

    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: Old objects left in buffer

    If there's no demand for free pages, no pressure to remove objects from cache to make space for new pages, then older objects could stay in cache for long periods....

    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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    For those who weren't at Summit, here's some of the recordings, keynotes, the WIT lunch, a few of the sessions

    http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGAcXKPcRvbTr23ujEN953pLP_nDyZJC

    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: NetBackup Log backup interfer with existing SQL Server Log Backups?

    Yes it will interfere.

    I strongly recommend you do one set of backups with one technology. Do all your backups natively or do them all through a 3rd person. At best...

    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: Locking a record in Edit Mode

    dwain.c (10/21/2013)


    GilaMonster (10/21/2013)


    dwain.c (10/21/2013)


    Not sure how advisable that is.

    It's strongly not recommended.

    I was being polite.

    So was I. 🙂

    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: Locking a record in Edit Mode

    You can do that, the row_version data type's great for that as you don't have to do manually update it. I've also seen people use a calculated column defined as...

    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: what is instance in sql server 2005 and how many types how use?????

    An instance is an installation of the database engine. Don't understand your other questions

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Question on backup\restore vs trans log shipping

    Couple comments.

    The process as it is now tests your backups. If you change to log shipping, then you lose that testing of your backups and you will need to either...

    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: Locking a record in Edit Mode

    dwain.c (10/21/2013)


    Not sure how advisable that is.

    It's strongly not recommended. Transactions should be started and committed/rolled back in a single trip to the database, not left open during user interaction....

    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: Database in Recovery

    No, there isn't. Also be aware that the places you mention are estimates, not necessarily completely accurate values.

    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: Log space issue

    New persopn (10/19/2013)


    here i have shrink the log now we got 30 gb space. here we have 360gb log now. can i reduce it up to 300gb.

    No way to answer...

    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: moving Model.mdf file on different drive and Model.ldf file on different drive

    For Model, that's overkill. The database is only used as a template to create other databases (including TempDB), so it should never see any load, so it shouldn't need anything...

    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: Interesting DBCC CHECKDB Error - found 1 allocation errors and 0 consistency errors not associated with any single object.

    If the only damage was the IAM page, probably not. They can be recreated without losing data, though it does require the allow_data_loss option.

    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: Recovery senarios

    Whatever works for you. I prefer to diagnose the cause of a problem before deciding on a solution, but maybe that's just me.

    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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