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  • RE: Adding an extra file to TEMPDB

    GilaMonster (2/28/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/28/2013)


    GilaMonster (2/28/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/28/2013)


    If the temp files are growing, I don't want to allocate them smaller and force them to grow every time SQL starts: that's a waste of...

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  • RE: Adding an extra file to TEMPDB

    Robert Davis (2/28/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/28/2013)


    Zero chance. I'd never disable autogrow on tempdb: you could slam your entire instance to a halt -- or worse, perhaps cause it to crash.

    If you've...

    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 (2/28/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/28/2013)


    Zero chance. I'd never disable autogrow on tempdb: you could slam your entire instance to a halt -- or worse, perhaps cause it to crash.

    If you've...

    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 (2/28/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/28/2013)


    If the temp files are growing, I don't want to allocate them smaller and force them to grow every time SQL starts: that's a waste of resources...

    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 (2/28/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/28/2013)


    If the temp files are growing, I don't want to allocate them smaller and force them to grow every time SQL starts: that's a waste of resources vs...

    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 (2/28/2013)


    You don't need to correct the situation where one of more of the files has expanded because on restart of SQL the files will be back to their defined...

    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

    So you don't use a startup proc to verify tempdb data files are all the same size and sync them if they are not?

    How, then, do you become aware of...

    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: get the first and last day of any Year/Month

    Jeff Moden (2/26/2013)


    Just to emphasize the performance differences between using a string conversion or not for date conversions, let's do a little test... a race, really.

    Here's the test data. ...

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  • RE: Adding an extra file to TEMPDB

    Robert Davis (2/27/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/27/2013)


    If a tempdb data file is 1.5G when SQL goes down, won't it be 1.5G when SQL comes back up? Isn't it automatically reset to its...

    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

    Maybe it's just an issue I had.

    The last time I altered the SIZE of tempdb data files in SQL, when SQL restarted tempdb files were still larger than that.

    If the...

    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 (2/27/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/27/2013)


    Then, set up a start up proc to shrink both tempdb files

    NEVER manually shrink tempdb files. It can corrupt the tempdb files. Avoid shrinking files of any...

    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 (2/27/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/27/2013)


    Then, set up a start up proc to shrink both tempdb files

    NEVER manually shrink tempdb files. It can corrupt the tempdb files. Avoid shrinking files of any...

    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 (2/27/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/27/2013)


    Then, set up a start up proc to shrink both tempdb files ... I'd say to 1G each, so you have some cushion. You really don't ever...

    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: Log File full / Database Down

    Hmm, now that the db is in recovering status, you may not be able to (temporarily) add another log file on a different drive to allow the db to keep...

    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: UDF Help

    TheSQLGuru (2/27/2013)


    . . .it about as joyous as an aggregated view calling an aggregated view.

    You can do THAT TOO in SQL Server?!? Jeez, what a suck-@ss product! :w00t:

    No,...

    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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