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  • RE: SQL 2008 enterprise to standard degradation

    There's no physical db differences from Enterprise to Std, so if the SQL version numbers are the same, you should be able to restore all dbs, including system dbs, from...

    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: Select full month number (with 0)

    Lynn Pettis (3/5/2013)


    ScottPletcher (3/5/2013)


    Jeff Moden (3/4/2013)


    I'd love to take the credit for it but it's not my code. It's Scotts (although I'd have done it the same way).

    I was...

    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: Select full month number (with 0)

    Jeff Moden (3/4/2013)


    I'd love to take the credit for it but it's not my code. It's Scotts (although I'd have done it the same way).

    I was just curious as...

    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: Including additional columns in a unique clustered index

    GilaMonster (3/4/2013)


    ScottPletcher (3/4/2013)


    Again, rigid overly-simplistic rules such as those will give you a poorly performing database with excessive nonclustered indexes to cover all the queries the clus index can't because...

    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: Select full month number (with 0)

    Jeff Moden (3/4/2013)


    @scott,

    I'm not so sure why you insist on using codes for literal dates, but I prefer not to.

    Where in the world did I suggest using a format 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: Including additional columns in a unique clustered index

    Uniqueness should not be the primary consideration for a clus key. Uniqueness should be a factor, but it's not the most important factor. The proper clus key depends...

    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: Including additional columns in a unique clustered index

    GilaMonster (3/4/2013)


    ScottPletcher (3/4/2013)


    GilaMonster (3/4/2013)


    dembones79 (3/4/2013)


    Should the region and district columns be included in the unique clustered index of the view?

    Bear in mind that a clustered index implicitly includes all...

    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: Adding an extra file to TEMPDB

    GilaMonster (3/4/2013)


    ScottPletcher (3/4/2013)


    The ALTER command to try to change an existing file to a smaller size gives you an error on SQL 2005.

    That's when you're trying to reduce the initial...

    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: Including additional columns in a unique clustered index

    GilaMonster (3/4/2013)


    dembones79 (3/4/2013)


    Should the region and district columns be included in the unique clustered index of the view?

    Bear in mind that a clustered index implicitly includes all the columns...

    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: Including additional columns in a unique clustered index

    Ok.

    At any rate, typically you'll want to cluster the table on the most common queries that can't be easily satisified by a nonclustered index you need anyway.

    For example, if (nearly)...

    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 2008 enterprise to standard degradation

    You're going to exactly the same version as originally, right?

    I think it's easiest to just restore all the dbs (other than model) after the switch.

    There are so many things in...

    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: Including additional columns in a unique clustered index

    Hmm. In a normalized design, I wouldn't expect the region to be in the unit table, only the district.

    Instead, I'd expect the distinct list of districts w/i a region...

    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: Just accepted a Sr. DBA job. Time for a gut check?

    1. The scale: there will be many servers to manage, much more than I've had to work with in the past.

    2. The size of the instances: While the company is...

    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: Adding an extra file to TEMPDB

    GilaMonster (3/4/2013)


    ScottPletcher (3/4/2013)


    GilaMonster (2/28/2013)


    stehoban (2/27/2013)


    Regarding point number 3 above. How to i reduce the size from 1.5gb to 800mb or 1gb ? Would this be by using the ALTER database...

    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: Adding an extra file to TEMPDB

    Robert Davis (3/4/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/28/2013)


    Yes, that's the problem. You're scattering (small) I/Os all over the drive, causing lots of drive head movement, which is brutal on performance.

    Allocating "one drive" is...

    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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