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  • RE: Automating the SQL Profiler

    You can't append a trace to an existing file. Change the script so that it always creates a different file. Having the datetime in the file name is usually the...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Find the correct answer in the following query

    aaron.reese (6/20/2013)


    Thanks for the explanation guys, I learned something today.

    Actually 2 things. 1) scope and 2) yet another reason not to use subqueries

    Correlated subqueries can be incredibly powerful, they're...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Automating the SQL Profiler

    Fails with what error?

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Can mirroring be set up with a copy only backup?

    You don't need an off-schedule backup. Use your latest normal, scheduled backup and all log backups since that full backup.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How to get user position in table i.e 1st 2nd, 3rd

    Ok, so the 1st user is the one who has the most rows with their name in the ReviewedBy, the 2nd user is the one with the second most rows...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: How to get user position in table i.e 1st 2nd, 3rd

    Position as determined by the data in what column?

    If a user is number 15, what column determines that? What column value determines if a user is before that or after...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: How to get user position in table i.e 1st 2nd, 3rd

    Position as per what column? What column in the table records that order?

    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: Dbcc checkdb command

    Repair is usually the last option for when there's no good backup.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Corruption/65804/

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: 64-bit OS, 32-bit SQL Server 2000

    Please note: 5 year old thread.

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Non cluster index help (SSMS 2008 R2)

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Indexing/68439/

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Indexing/68636/

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Non cluster index help required (3 questions) : SSMS 2008R2

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes people's time and fragments replies.

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1465465-392-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Need to free up Physical memory (RAM)

    balasaukri (6/19/2013)


    I tried the techniques those are mentioned in the link already but nothing released the memory.

    Again, why are you trying to release memory? SQL needs that memory to...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: having trouble granting role to user

    vxhughes (6/19/2013)


    Is there any way to tell (preferably via SQL commands, rather than via SQL Server management Studio, but either would be fine), which database my ROLE "testing" got associated...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: how to manage memory for an sql server

    HildaJ (6/19/2013)


    but we still see high memory utilization on both sql server and os memory.

    Again, that is normal, expected behaviour.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Which one of the below operator takes the most time for execution?

    No way to answer that. Depends on too many factors including but not limited to row count and indexes.

    Question doesn't even make sense, IN and AND are not in...

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