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  • RE: Am I deadlocking?

    It sounds like you're locking the resource and then blocking all others, not like a deadlock. Leave the deadlock monitors in place, but you should take a look at the...

  • RE: MAXDOP Hints

    The thing is, MAXDOP is a way to limit paralellism. A lot of times, in the OLTP type systems I work in, parallel queries cost more than they provide benefit....

  • RE: MAXDOP Hints

    Why do you want to mess with MAXDOP? Your default setting is 0, which means that SQL SErver will use as many processors as it has available to it. Maybe...

  • RE: Execute a Stored Proc in the Background Job

    Take a look at the information availabe on SQL Server Agent in the Books Online. You can do exactly what you want through there.

  • RE: clustered index and non clustered index

    As far as "when" to create a clustered or nonclustered index, I'd strongly suggest creating the cluster first, then the noncluster. Since a clustered index key defines the storage for...

  • RE: Tool for DATA MODELLING

    My absolute favorite is Embarcadero ERSTudio. Fantastic set of functionality.

    CA offers another that's extremely popular ERWin. There are a couple of others available, but those are the two big ones.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    The Thread (1/29/2009)


    We do not know fear or pain or mercy. We will not stop. Ever.

    OK. While I'm in absolute, bowel voiding fear from this...

    I have to...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (1/29/2009)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/29/2009)


    I was under the impression you were only filthy rich :D.

    I wish!

    So that's confirmation, she's filthy rich AND a consultant. Just like the rest of those consultants, milking...

  • RE: Celebration

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, you do great work here. Thank you.

  • RE: Celebrating A Million

    Congratulations! Well done Steve! And a hearty thank you to all the regulars. Here's to the next million.

  • RE: Help with combining 2 queries

    KB (1/28/2009)


    Hi Grant,

    I tried using a subquery as well as CTE, the results for ColA3 are not right.

    Suppose Table B has 4 rows that need to be inserted into Table...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (1/29/2009)


    I was thinking the super, ultimate, extremely awesome version. Why settle for second-best?

    Ah, the life of a fithy rich consultant...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious (1/28/2009)


    What are the odds of this thread evolving into SkyNet? I have children and I am worried about their future.

    We've given it way too much knowledge....

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (1/28/2009)


    Steve Jones - Editor (1/28/2009)[hr "whether its transaction log backups, and XML indexes or whizbang fiber-optic laser beam assemblers." that were copied word for word, and these aren't phrases...

  • RE: stored procedure bias

    Cover your ears...

    An execution plan is an execution plan. They all age and when the cache cleanup process comes along, they get removed from cache. No differences for stored procedures.

    The...

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