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  • RE: Enjoying the New Year

    Too late for New Years parties, but I can definitely recommend these 2010 movies:

    RED

    How to Train Your Dragon

    Tron

    Knight and Day

    Salt

    Iron Man 2

    The Last Airbender (yeah, I liked it)

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  • RE: Under Appreciated Features

    dmoldovan (1/3/2011)


    I've forgot about the "default trace"...

    Definitely!

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  • RE: Advice

    I don't have a single cert. Also don't have a degree. However, a well-written resume got me 6 interviews in 1 week, the last time I was job...

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  • RE: SQL 32-bit and 64-bit?

    I'll give the same advice I always give on this kind of question: Ask Microsoft. They have people who can give an official answer, in writing, which is legally...

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  • RE: Database Cost metrics

    You'll have to work out the cost from TCO and expected use. As already mentioned, that's going to be an important part of the "secret sauce" for anyone in...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (1/3/2011)


    GSquared (1/3/2011)


    Well, except from personal friends (including those already conquered by The Thread), or my wife. Those I answer.

    Gus, are you implying that your wife isn't your...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (1/3/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/3/2011)


    Quick question for those on LinkedIn. I just received a message over the past two days (two messages actually) asking for advice on performance tuning tools....

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (1/3/2011)


    Quick question for those on LinkedIn. I just received a message over the past two days (two messages actually) asking for advice on performance tuning tools. The messages...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Craig Farrell (1/3/2011)


    For anyone following the earlier infringment discussion, some sleuthing around SSC finally revealed the blog owner. A brief PM conversation seems to have dealed with that issue.

    Happy...

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  • RE: Database Cost metrics

    TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) is always a tricky calculation, and more than slightly subject to voodoo accounting.

    Try searching for "TCO SQL Server" in Bing/Google/whatever. You'll get a ton...

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  • RE: Multiple DML statements in one stored procedure

    Where that has an impact on the execution plan cache is when there's procedural flow in it.

    For example:

    if @Parameter1 = 1

    update dbo.MyTable

    set AColumn = SomeValue

    where AnotherColumn = @Parameter2

    else

    insert into dbo.MyTable...

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  • RE: How to write query with object names which has space and "/"?

    Do you have the rights necessary to access that table? Does the ADP file use the right connection string to have those rights? Is the table in the...

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  • RE: Multiple DML statements in one stored procedure

    You can do as many DML operations per stored procedure as you need. They can target one or multiple tables, in one or more databases, on one or more...

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  • RE: Automated Restores

    Are you doing the kill and the restore in a single script with a single connection? If so, you could set the database to single-user mode as part of...

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  • RE: Problem with Bit DataType in Where Clause

    You're welcome.

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