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  • RE: Help with Blocking

    While the SELECT is running, and using an index, it will prevent another process from dropping that index. Same with any other object in the database. Is there a way...

    February 24, 2010 at 8:44 am

    #1124311

  • RE: How to distinguish Master and Transaction tables

    By master tables do you mean the system tables?

    Or maybe what you're looking for are lookup tables, tables that contain relatively static data for use as referential integrity to provide...

    February 24, 2010 at 8:39 am

    #1124305

  • RE: How to enhance query performance

    Indexes are very unlikely to cause read queries to slow. They may not help read queries run faster, but they won't slow them down. Indexes can negatively affect inserts/udpates/deletes because...

    February 24, 2010 at 8:35 am

    #1124301

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GSquared (2/23/2010)

    Elliott W (2/23/2010)

    GilaMonster (2/23/2010)

    Are we geeks or not?

    Yes, nerds NO!

    I have a shirt that proclaims "GEEK" accross the front, just so there is no question..

    CEWII

    By derivation, a "geek" is...

    February 24, 2010 at 6:14 am

    #1124224

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    RBarryYoung (2/22/2010)

    Hey! I almost missed this, but Itzik Ben-Gan gave me kudos in his column this month for solving on of his 'unsolveable'(?) puzzles! How come no one...

    February 22, 2010 at 6:58 pm

    #1123383

  • RE: FizzBuzz

    CirquedeSQLeil (2/21/2010)

    Another option would be check out this puzzle roundup[/url] by Grant Fritchey.

    Nuts. I was just going to point out that article I wrote several years ago. The comments in...

    February 22, 2010 at 4:24 am

    #1122832

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (2/21/2010)

    Jack Corbett (2/21/2010)

    Following MVP's on twitter last week during the MVP Summit made me wish I was there.

    Me too.

    Add one more to the list of longing....

    February 22, 2010 at 4:21 am

    #1122830

  • RE: Normalizing contact info (phone, email)

    If I'm getting the question right, you're asking if you should have seperate tables for phones & emails from your contact table. Well, let me ask you a question. Do...

    February 20, 2010 at 6:41 am

    #1122321

  • RE: CPU time drops, but elapsed time increases

    Without an execution plan, this is just idle speculation, but it does sound like you've already hit the nail on the head. Increasing I/O and decreasing CPU is a good...

    February 20, 2010 at 6:32 am

    #1122319

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (2/19/2010)

    Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)

    If you haven't submitted anything to Tony Davis at Simple-Talk, head on over there. His editing process can feel a bit like a prison rape, but you'll...

    February 20, 2010 at 4:07 am

    #1122299

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (2/19/2010)

    Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)

    CirquedeSQLeil (2/19/2010)

    Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)

    Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:

    So you want to write a book?[/url]

    Thanks for both the affirmation of fears on the topic...

    February 19, 2010 at 1:21 pm

    #1122100

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (2/19/2010)

    Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)

    Pretty much holding the book in my hands is the reward I love. It's kind of hard to describe. That and hearing that it...

    February 19, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    #1122096

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (2/19/2010)

    Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)

    Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:

    So you want to write a book?[/url]

    Thanks for both the affirmation of fears on the topic as well as...

    February 19, 2010 at 1:14 pm

    #1122095

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    tstaker (2/19/2010)

    Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)

    Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:

    So you want to write a book?[/url]

    @Grant

    Awesome blog post. There was a time that I would of been...

    February 19, 2010 at 1:09 pm

    #1122092

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:

    So you want to write a book?[/url]

    February 19, 2010 at 12:52 pm

    #1122075

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