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  • RE: enabling page verification

    Even if it was from an earlier version, page verify would not be off. If it was upgraded from SQL 2000 and that setting not changed, it would be page...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Returning stored procedure results into a CTE or temp table?

    cmerrell (8/21/2013)


    But "insert into" will only insert into an existing table. What about creating a new table?

    CREATE TABLE ...

    INSERT INTO

    EXEC ...

    Caveat is that you have to know the structure...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: RAID Caching and SQL Server 2008 R2

    SQL has no knowledge whatsoever about RAID caching. It assumes when it issues a read that the read comes from disk and it assumes that when it issues a write...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: enabling page verification

    Someone turned it off at some point after creating the database (first creation). When, that's going to be very hard to tell, if not impossible.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Map SQL server Spid to PID in Task Manager

    Restart SQL is the solution. DO NOT attempt to kill the windows thread, it cause stack dumps, kill the SQL process, break all sorts of things

    http://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2010/02/04/killing-a-sql-server-thread-don-t.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: What should be the best approach to identify performance problems in Production environment

    vinod.saraswat (8/20/2013)


    @RTalor : Can you please share the list of counters and their threshold values to have baseline for the system.

    How do you analyze this data i.e.on weekly basis...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DBCC CHECKDB Error ....

    Potentially quite a lot, but as I said, most people ignore this recommendation and use one account for every single SQL Server service they have.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144228%28SQL.105%29.aspx#isolated_services

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Shortcut for Views.

    Still don't understand what you're asking about.

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  • RE: Shortcut for Views.

    What do you mean 'shortcut for'?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Benefits of DBCC Check DB and performance

    Grant Fritchey (8/20/2013)


    I meant, why would you create your own snapshot first?

    I wouldn't.

    Only reason maybe is if the drive with the data files on is nearly full and there's enough...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Returning stored procedure results into a CTE or temp table?

    Sean Lange (8/20/2013)


    GilaMonster (8/20/2013)


    A CTE however, despite its name, is not a table and hence can not have anything inserted into it.

    Acutally you can insert into a cte, just like...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Copy Default trace from a server to your local machine

    Depends. Mostly on what you're trying to figure out.

    To give you an idea, I have a client with a moderatly busy database that, if I trace for stored procedure completes,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Benefits of DBCC Check DB and performance

    Grant Fritchey (8/20/2013)


    GilaMonster (8/20/2013)


    Grant Fritchey (8/20/2013)


    I thought the internal/hidden snapshot was a different critter than the snapshots we create. But, hey, happy to be wrong.

    No, the same thing, same behaviour,...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: DBCC CHECKDB Error ....

    Well, different accounts for different services is the standard recommendation. I know most people just ignore the recommendation though.

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Benefits of DBCC Check DB and performance

    Grant Fritchey (8/20/2013)


    I thought the internal/hidden snapshot was a different critter than the snapshots we create. But, hey, happy to be wrong.

    No, the same thing, same behaviour, same mechanics.

    The only...

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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