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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004366 More actions · Answer 1

jasona.work - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:16 AM
Ah, the urge to post a snarky response to a poorly posed question...
"Question": "Instance under memory pressure how to solve"
Response: "Put it in a vacuum chamber and drop the pressure to 0"

Link?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99130 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:26 AM
jasona.work - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:16 AM
Ah, the urge to post a snarky response to a poorly posed question...
"Question": "Instance under memory pressure how to solve"
Response: "Put it in a vacuum chamber and drop the pressure to 0"
Link?

https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1866614/Instance-is-under-memory-pressure-How-to-relieve-from-pressure

Sean, I felt you were quite reserved in your post 🙂

Thom~

Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
Larnu.uk

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 3

Jeff Moden - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:26 AM
jasona.work - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:16 AM
Ah, the urge to post a snarky response to a poorly posed question...
"Question": "Instance under memory pressure how to solve"
Response: "Put it in a vacuum chamber and drop the pressure to 0"
Link?

https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1866614/Instance-is-under-memory-pressure-How-to-relieve-from-pressure

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Need help? Help us help you.

Read the article at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/ for best practices on asking questions.

Need to split a string? Try Jeff Modens splitter http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/.

Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 4

Thom A - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:29 AM
Jeff Moden - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:26 AM
jasona.work - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:16 AM
Ah, the urge to post a snarky response to a poorly posed question...
"Question": "Instance under memory pressure how to solve"
Response: "Put it in a vacuum chamber and drop the pressure to 0"
Link?
https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1866614/Instance-is-under-memory-pressure-How-to-relieve-from-pressure
Sean, I felt you were quite reserved in your post 🙂

Oh dear...that means you are either being sarcastic or I am normally a lot worse.

_______________________________________________________________

Need help? Help us help you.

Read the article at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/ for best practices on asking questions.

Need to split a string? Try Jeff Modens splitter http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/.

Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99130 More actions · Answer 5

Sean Lange - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:37 AM

Oh dear...that means you are either being sarcastic or I am normally a lot worse.

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Neither really, more that you could have been less kind to such a post 🙂

Thom~

Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
Larnu.uk

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182912 More actions · Answer 6

Thom A - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:54 AM
Sean Lange - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:37 AM
Oh dear...that means you are either being sarcastic or I am normally a lot worse.

Neither really, more that you could have been less kind to such a post 🙂

[/quote]
I may not have the same patience as you guys, chapeau!
😎

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 7

Eirikur Eiriksson - Friday, March 24, 2017 11:27 AM
Thom A - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:54 AM
Sean Lange - Friday, March 24, 2017 10:37 AM
Oh dear...that means you are either being sarcastic or I am normally a lot worse.
Neither really, more that you could have been less kind to such a post 🙂

I may not have the same patience as you guys, chapeau!
😎

[/quote]

Well at least that thread is continuing and the OP is just blindly throwing no information into the pot. Seems pretty hopeless.

_______________________________________________________________

Need help? Help us help you.

Read the article at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/ for best practices on asking questions.

Need to split a string? Try Jeff Modens splitter http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/.

Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 8

It's fun when an OP deletes the contents of their original post. Nice when the first response happens to quote it so you can still see it.

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 9

Lynn Pettis - Friday, March 24, 2017 2:18 PM
It's fun when an OP deletes the contents of their original post. Nice when the first response happens to quote it so you can still see it.

link?

_______________________________________________________________

Need help? Help us help you.

Read the article at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/ for best practices on asking questions.

Need to split a string? Try Jeff Modens splitter http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/.

Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 10

jonathan.crawford - Thursday, March 23, 2017 12:43 PM
Jeebus. How did I know I'd still find you guys here? All Hail The Thread!

Long time no see. Howzit going?

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

Sean Lange - Friday, March 24, 2017 2:53 PM
Lynn Pettis - Friday, March 24, 2017 2:18 PM
It's fun when an OP deletes the contents of their original post. Nice when the first response happens to quote it so you can still see it.
link?

Nah. It didn't happen😉

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 12

Sean Lange - Friday, March 24, 2017 2:53 PM
Lynn Pettis - Friday, March 24, 2017 2:18 PM
It's fun when an OP deletes the contents of their original post. Nice when the first response happens to quote it so you can still see it.
link?

https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1866487/SQL-code-for-the-below-3

xsevensinzx One Orange Chip Points: 25560 More actions · Answer 13

In case anyone missed it. Stackoverflow Developer survey came out. It had a high amount of DBA response.

https://stackoverflow.com/insights/survey/2017/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dev-survey-2017&utm_content=em-features&utm_source=so-owned

Interesting bits here:

SQL Server is second highest. MySQL being top.
Oracle was the highest database engine that is the most dreaded.
SQL language is second highest used under Javascript.
SQL language in top 2 languages between Web Developer, Sysadmin/DevOps, Data Science. Top for Desktop Developers.
SQL however, has the lowest pay compared to more enterprise OO languages.
DBA one of the somewhat lowest in the survey by salary. DevOps, Machine Learning and other statistical positions being highest.
DBA by the USA average is $85,000. Data Scientist, DevOps and similar around $100,000. UK DBA's reported at $46,250.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004366 More actions · Answer 14

Heh... "DevOps Specialist". IMHO, that should be the poster-child word example for "oxymoron". 😉

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 15

DevOps isn't a job! Any company that thinks 'devops' is a title for someone has rather missed the point of the entire thing.

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass