GilaMonster (11/25/2009)

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Atul DBA (11/25/2009)

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As your log file is very huge, and it is required to Truncate the log file for proper utilization of disk space, you need to stop the...

roelofsleroux (11/25/2009)

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Gila the reason we use mirrors is because this is for a stock exchange trading application.

If the database fails for some reason, the mirror kick in. If there is...

Nope. It's going to execute them one after the other and combine the data.

Without looking at the efficiency of the query, it's pretty easy to explain why you would see a difference between these two. A SELECT statement just pulls the data. When...

However, once you have a set based process (and yes, please do this first), yes, usually when doing large scale data loads I've found that dropping the index and recreating...

To a degree you're going to get what you pay for. You can bounce around the internet and you're going to find fantastic articles and blog posts, but they're not...

I wasn't aware that using the correct data type for a given value was "old fashioned"... well, OK, with all the horrific tables coming out of these ORM tools, maybe...

Bru Medishetty (11/24/2009)

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john.arnott (11/24/2009)

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Despite the freewheeling atmosphere, you should also be aware that some of the top practitioners of MS-SQL, including several honored by MS as "MVP"s hang out...

CirquedeSQLeil (11/24/2009)

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Bob Hovious 24601 (11/24/2009)

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Welcome to The Thread, Les!! 😀

In order to avoid redundancy and repetition and redundancy, we have established an informal rule that newcomers first...

Bob Hovious 24601 (11/24/2009)

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I just took the liberty of calling ProActive and asked directly how Barry was doing. Although they obviously couldn't share details, it appears that he...

Bob Hovious 24601 (11/24/2009)

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I sent Barry a message through LinkedIn last week asking how he was doing. Never got a reply. I haven't seen any...

I can't help myself

Where's the beef?

Excellent. I'm still catching up...

Yep. Gail nailed it (shocking I'm sure).

With absolutely nothing to differentiate them, the engine is going to pick one... it has to. But you never know, there might be a...

Alvin Ramard (11/23/2009)

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Grant Fritchey (11/23/2009)

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I had a decent rib eye at a steak house in Gettysburg on Friday after a 10+ mile hike with the Scouts covering about 2/3 of...