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  • RE: Identifying unused tables and stored procedures since last six month

    As Lowell and I both said... No.

  • RE: Group by on Large Database 750 GB+

    OK. So you want to pre-aggregate the data. This is an operation that is best done in the off hours. I'm not sure why you're so obsessed with the amount...

  • RE: SSMS 2008 Window Layout

    Great. Glad to hear it. It gave me a little blog post, so it's all good.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (2/10/2009)


    Psychology:

    "I have a client who is a DBA and suicidal. What do I tell them?"

    You don't have to worry about that one. His problems will go...

  • RE: view or select statement...which is better?

    Yep, Gail's right on this one too (you can usually just assume that).

    The only thing cached is the expanded query, which again, the query against the table is cached as...

  • RE: Recovery to a Point in Time

    If you mean that the database goes away due to a media failure and you were unable to backup the log file, then you can only restore up to the...

  • RE: Query Performance

    MVIR (2/10/2009)


    I agree that the code might not be that efficient but this query was working for more thn 2 yrs and just before a month it went bad.it spiked...

  • RE: SSMS 2008 Window Layout

    Took a little bit of experimentation, but this worked. Right click on the tab, change the window to floating. It will detach and be somewhere on your screen. Right click...

  • RE: Query Performance

    Unfortunately, that image is just shy of useless.

    You're getting index scans. That means that the index is not being used effectively. Index scans & hash joins pretty much indicates that...

  • RE: Query Performance

    If it's disabled, you must be running the query on SQL Server 2000.

  • RE: How can i manage my Transaction Logs ?

    b.larochelle (2/10/2009)


    Thx for the advice,

    If i recap

    - By turning the Autoshink Off i will increase the performance, however the transaction will still get empty after the Full backup ?

    The transaction...

  • RE: How can i manage my Transaction Logs ?

    It sounds like you're maxing out the transactions. You're in simple recovery mode, so completed transactions should be removed from the log at the checkpoints. To max out the log...

  • RE: Long running left join query

    If you can, post the structure and the execution plan. Just because the DTA didn't find a good index doesn't mean one shouldn't be created. That tool is spotty at...

  • RE: Query Performance

    Can you post the actual execution plan?

    I'd be surprised if you're getting good index usage since you're running several functions against the columns in the WHERE clause, including ISNULL...

  • RE: view or select statement...which is better?

    Yes.

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