Just as a straw poll, what if we had threads older than 1 year - latest post date <= dateadd (year, -1, getdate) - closed when someone tries to...

No.

You've got that all wrong. Jeff...

NVARCHAR for the win!

I've done database design by sitting with the developers and the business people, both. If you don't have full input, you're guessing. I really hate guessing. I get it wrong,...

Based on this, yep, I'm even more positive the right way to go is with a logical model and a physical model (or, minimum, a physical model). I've built databases...

What this is saying is that only one row in TEMP1 matches the join criteria, but three rows in LOG_DB match the WHERE clause. That's exactly how it's supposed to...

I don't completely understand what you're going for. Can you post table definitions and the query you're currently using?

When doing a database design, simply getting a list of columns is not how I'd pursue it. Instead, I want to understand what it is that they're attempting to store...

I don't think there's a single correct answer here. Is this a good time to consider schema's and your object layout? Yes. However, as you say, it's early in the...

Yeah. There really isn't a way to do this after the fact.

It's generally a good idea to post new questions,...

Extended Events is our friend.

Take a look at the object_created event. You could filter by object_type and only see when indexes get created.

If you're moving the entire data set every time, I don't think a relational database is the thing for you. It's adding all sorts of overhead that just doesn't seem...

You want to look at Extended Events. sp_cache_remove is the key to understanding what's going on. Here's an example session for detailing cache behaviors:

CREATE EVENT SESSION...

>>>>Eirikur Eiriksson wrote: >>>Grant Fritchey wrote:

>>Sean Lange wrote:

>And in other news....I have taken the plunge. After almost 25 years as a developer I have just accepted a new...