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  • RE: AMD vs. Intel Processors

    They're both good.

    There was a long period of time where AMD was ahead of Intel on performance vs price, but not so much any more. Now they're so close...

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  • RE: Stored Procedure performing a lot slower than TSQL

    Do a search for "parameter sniffing" in Bing/Google/whatever. Gail Shaw's blog has an article on it that's quite good: http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2007/11/27/parameter-sniffing/

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  • RE: Have You Checked Out the SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP Yet?

    Where I work, we just finished retiring our last SQL 2000 server a few weeks ago and are now fully operating on SQL 2005. We just began the discussion...

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  • RE: can sql talk to another sql server

    Yes, you'll still need linked servers. You'll need those no matter what method you use, if you want SQL servers to talk to each other.

    Check out "create view" in...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/2/2009)


    I like using the telephone directory to explain indexes. Most people know what one looks like, make the explanations much easier.

    I'm beginning to run into people who've never used...

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  • RE: Simple (?) T-SQL Query Question

    You're welcome.

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  • RE: how to find what table on what file?

    Haven't ever needed to know that. Not sure where to get it. Dig around a bit in the system views. It's probably in there.

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  • RE: Examine Data Values to Determine Data Type of Column

    The first part of the solution would be to check for the existence in each column of rows that do not pass IsDate and IsNumeric.

    You could probably leave all of...

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  • RE: Examine Data Values to Determine Data Type of Column

    rjv_rnjn (9/1/2009)


    All the columns in the table are currently set for varchar(max) which is a huge waste of space.

    I'm not sure but is this true? I thought the "var"...

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  • RE: What Data Should You Protect?

    jcrawf02 (9/1/2009)


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    James Stover (8/31/2009)


    C'mon, where are the "Mark of the Beast" comments??

    Really, nature has already given us a GUID. It's called DNA. That bit of technology has been...

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  • RE: What Data Should You Protect?

    jcrawf02 (9/1/2009)


    As for snitch,

    "Ahh, sweet relief in anonymity of common names.....":-D

    True enough. I'd hate to be the person whose career depended on an accurate background check on "John...

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  • RE: Protection Close To Home

    IceDread (9/1/2009)


    GSquared (9/1/2009)


    I were not after trying to bash WHS all thou it's not stable enough and not fast enough for me to even consider.

    You seem to have an odd...

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  • RE: Protection Close To Home

    I were not after trying to bash WHS all thou it's not stable enough and not fast enough for me to even consider.

    You seem to have an odd definition of...

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  • RE: Is there tsql to change the server connection for Mgmt Studio?

    Nope. There is no such command, so far as I know.

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  • RE: exclude between

    Performance on that kind of thing will depend largely on your table and index structure, and on how the rest of the query is written. Can you provide the...

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