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  • RE: DB Reverts to Single-User Mode

    kmaida (1/3/2011)


    Sorry, I feel like a complete novice, but how do I check to see if there's an ALTER DATABASE statement being run on the db thru a job?

    Thanks!

    You can...

  • RE: RID Lookups

    Yeah, Craig nailed it. The RID is created in order to give the heap table a method of finding records.

    There is a way to see the value of the RID,...

  • RE: Best stategy for updating a Table with unique id and datastamp

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/3/2011)


    I like Grant's advice. Note that if you have enterprise edition, I might use a Database Snapshot instead of a backup for a quick rollback...

  • RE: Best stategy for updating a Table with unique id and datastamp

    For this type of change, or any other, first, backup the database.

    I'd create your new table, blank, with a different name (mytable_new). Then migrate the data into it from the...

  • RE: Performance Goals

    OH!

    Silly me.

    That's harder. In general, how well did you do on reactive support? How well did you do being proactive, eliminating reactive support calls (meaning, if you ran out of...

  • RE: Indexes for Booking Search

    Also if you're just adding single column indexes all over the place, you might be hurting yourself without knowing it. Are you adding the indexes based on the execution plans...

  • RE: store Procedure

    there is no perfect mechanism for this. It's far too easy to have a proc that is only executed once a year or less that won't show up on any...

  • RE: help in stored procedure

    It sounds dangerously like a catch-all query, with 10-50 different parameters, any of which can be passed at any time and you have to write a query that deals with...

  • RE: Constanly Running SQL Sproc

    BSavoie (1/2/2011)


    Perfect, that looks like exactly what I need. The fact that it exists must mean that it's not THAT bad an idea. 🙂

    Thanks!

    Just be careful about transactions &...

  • RE: Performance Goals

    As fast as possible.

    OK, maybe not. Usually it's initially set by the business, not by the DBA's. There's going to be a threshold above which your users begin to complain....

  • RE: Ansi_padding status for navarchar columns

    First thing that comes to mind is that setting the ANSI_PADDING value within the procedure or the function will cause recompiles. So that could affect you. How long does the...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    RBarryYoung (1/1/2011)


    GSquared (12/30/2010)


    I just noticed I hit 10k "points" on SSC today. Good way to end the year, as it were.

    Congrats Gus! (Man, everyone is passing me!)

    BARRY! Great...

  • RE: Backup

    Excellent information. Thanks.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GSquared (12/30/2010)


    I just noticed I hit 10k "points" on SSC today. Good way to end the year, as it were.

    Excellent job! Congratulations.

  • RE: Backup

    iamsam.sandeep (12/29/2010)


    Thanks 2 all the the Responce.I was right i had mentioned 'xp_restore_verifyonly' , when i replied that you can test it in ur test env he strangely told...

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