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  • RE: database growth

    If you're not using service broker any more, then it's 100% safe to run this:

    ALTER DATABASE msdb SET NEW_BROKER

    which should clear that table and allow you to release the space.

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: SQL Date Parameters not working

    BWFC (11/27/2014)


    You're welcome.

    One other thing, be careful using BETWEEN for date range queries. You're usually better using

    where

    [Date] >= @startdate

    and

    [Date] <= @enddate

    Have a look at this...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Prevent a SELECT Query from returning results using LOCKS

    To avoid rows already being modified, you can use the READPAST hint. That's often used for work-queue-type processing. If you can use that, there's no good reason to...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: database growth

    Ok, let's see what this shows:

    IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#showfilestats') IS NOT NULL

    DROP TABLE #showfilestats

    CREATE TABLE #showfilestats (

    Fileid smallint NOT NULL,

    FileGroup...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: database growth

    417 pages is a trivial size, you can ignore it if that's the total.

    Does "DB size shows 215 GB" include log file? If so, what size is the log...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Puzzle with Sproc intermittently runs slow but runs faster other days.

    I suggest RECOMPILE as well. That may take some time, but it will be trivial compared to a terrible plan.

    Also, if you leave auto stats update on, explicitly set...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: database growth

    SQL also creates internal tables for certain types of data, including: primary XML indexes,

    service broker, change tracking and a few other things. You'll need to include the size...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Baffling query plan on slow query

    Robert Frasca (12/2/2014)


    Grant Fritchey (12/2/2014)


    ScottPletcher (12/2/2014)


    Robert Frasca (12/2/2014)


    ScottPletcher (12/2/2014)


    Robert Frasca (12/2/2014)


    ScottPletcher (12/1/2014)


    I guess the SourceFactTimeCard table is fairly wide?

    I suggest creating a covering index on:

    SourceFactTimeCard (...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Baffling query plan on slow query

    Robert Frasca (12/2/2014)


    ScottPletcher (12/2/2014)


    Robert Frasca (12/2/2014)


    ScottPletcher (12/1/2014)


    I guess the SourceFactTimeCard table is fairly wide?

    I suggest creating a covering index on:

    SourceFactTimeCard ( TimecardIndex, EmployeeID )

    If SQL then...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: SQL DBA knowing user passwords

    eric.notheisen (12/2/2014)


    In our company sharing user passwords is a firing offense. As developers needing to troubleshoot user defined defects, we restore the production database to our development VM's and...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Baffling query plan on slow query

    Robert Frasca (12/2/2014)


    ScottPletcher (12/1/2014)


    I guess the SourceFactTimeCard table is fairly wide?

    I suggest creating a covering index on:

    SourceFactTimeCard ( TimecardIndex, EmployeeID )

    If SQL then uses that covering...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Auto Memory control

    SQL allows you to designate a proc(s) as "start up" procs that automatically runs when an instance starts. I was suggesting you create such a proc, or add code...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Baffling query plan on slow query

    I guess the SourceFactTimeCard table is fairly wide?

    I suggest creating a covering index on:

    SourceFactTimeCard ( TimecardIndex, EmployeeID )

    If SQL then uses that covering index -- it...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Last 30 days aggregate query

    SELECT CONVERT(varchar(10), DATEADD(DAY, DATEDIFF(DAY, 0, dt), 0), 120) AS dt, SUM(amt) AS Amt

    FROM @t

    GROUP BY DATEADD(DAY, DATEDIFF(DAY, 0, dt), 0)

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Proper use of CTE in scalar valued function

    You can pass @StartingDate as a param to the ITV function.

    Also, you can simplify the calc for PastPeriods:

    MONTH(@StartingDate) % 3 + 14

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

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