No, running updatestats updates any and all statistics on the target you select. So if you need updated non-index statistics, great, but you're still going to get a sampled update...

Off the top of my head, I'm not sure. I don't think they would be affected negatively by running after the index rebuild.

If you do a full index rebuild, it has sampled all the data, just like an update statistics with a full scan. If you then run the sampled statistics update,...

That's a must for YouTube.

This is considered a late hit & piling on, but...

Go to 2008. That's what we're in the process of doing now. Skipping right over 2005. Based on product life cycles,...

GilaMonster (5/12/2009)

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Vinoo (5/12/2009)

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Please understand that this forum has people who are extreme experts on SQL Server who are champions in their field. It pays to be...

Alvin Ramard (5/12/2009)

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Thanks, now I am...

OK. I get it. You can't open Books Online or do a search there. And you can't possibly connect to Google and do a search there. But you're perfectly capable...

This is a little old[/url], but it ought to help.

Paul White (5/12/2009)

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Please understand that this forum has people who are extreme experts on SQL Server who are champions in their field. It pays to be polite and clear...

I agree 100% with what Lowell has said.

I will add some caveats though. Be careful about nesting views. It can lead to all kinds of performance issues as well as...

It will change the restore operations, as outlined above.

You need to determine the level of recovery that the business needs. Currently, with a full backup and an incremental backup once...

trayalacheruvu (5/12/2009)

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hi Markus,

There are few queries which is taking time to execute..but in the application level they have set that connection timeout period as 100 sec. for testing purpose i...

Especially DBA's.

Actually, I cheated a bit more than that. I only searched Amazon, bypassing Google entirely. I'll freely admit to a bit of laziness. Instead of searching for "sql server" and...