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  • RE: Checkpoint process

    SQL Show (10/11/2013)


    A high unusual metric of check point pages /sec may indicate your database need more memory since free pages in memory is required at high rate.

    No, because running...

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

    Correct, checkpoint writes dirty pages to disk to reduce the time required for database recovery should SQL restart unexpectedly.

    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: error i am getting while logging to sql server in my local

    Is the service started?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: SQL Server 2005 - Memory Issues

    Don't use Task Manager to check SQL's memory usage, it shows incorrect values.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: trying to KILL a SPID, getting 'Cannot use KILL to kill your own process.'

    How are you identifying that the session 54 (which is your current session that you're running the sp_who from) is locking resources and preventing updates?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Hashing a row in SQL.

    SELECT CHECKSUM(*) FROM StagingTable

    Collisions are possible, so you'll have to do a column-by-column check over any matches, but should be faster. The main table can have a computed column with...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: DB Backup Is Backing Up Previous Version of Proc

    A backup is an extent-by-extent copy of the database. It cannot miss objects or take old versions of objects. What is in a backup is exactly what was in the...

    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: Restore Database From Overwritten Old Backups

    logicinside22 (10/10/2013)


    Its Overwritting with INIT and NOFORMAT Option.

    Restore Headeronly showing most current backup file which todays date..

    That's because INIT deletes old backups from the file before starting the new...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Upgrade from SQL Server 7.0 to SQL Server 2008 R2

    You won't be able to do it in one go. You'll need to restore the database to SQL 2000 or 2005 first, then back it up and restore to SQL...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Restore Database From Overwritten Old Backups

    Was the backup overwriting the older backups in the file every night or appending the backup to the file?

    Restore headeronly should show you what backups are in the file.

    If there's...

    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: Deadlock - One node is in the Resource database?

    If the object IDs haven't changed between SQL 2005 and SQL 2008, the system procedure is sp_MSenumchangesdirect (not that it helps much)

    Let's rather focus on the two objects in database...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Deadlock - One node is in the Resource database?

    Eugh, traceflag 1204. I would strongly suggest you turn that off and put 1222 on in its place. Much more information...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Deadlock - One node is in the Resource database?

    Jason Selburg (10/10/2013)


    GilaMonster (10/10/2013)


    Err.. where?

    Ok, what are you asking? Where what? 🙂

    You said

    in the meantime here is the limited information from the SQL Error Log.

    but I don't see anything...

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

    I've often found that performance improvements attributed to index rebuilds are due rather to the stats updates that happen at the same time. I have on a number of occasions...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (10/10/2013)


    You might be able to get a single license for Scrivener that covers both the iPad and Windows version, then just transfer the files between devices. I don't...

    Gail Shaw
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