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  • RE: DBA's vs Developers

    As a DBA among developers you do a lot of helping, and that's good. That's the sort of position you want. A DBA who is a speed bump in the...

  • RE: DBA's vs Developers

    Laughing.

    As a DBA who has been a project manager I would say that yes, far too many projects are built on inadequate databases created by programmers.

    But blaming it all on...

  • RE: Shrink command

    hot -

    I just had a discussion about SQL2K's tempdb. We had four DBAs talking about the various ways the system really uses it as opposed to what the manuals say.

    And...

  • RE: Shrink command

    Oh, the TempDB is not recreated in the sense that what was there when you stopped service is restored. I meant that it is created fresh (based on the size...

  • RE: Shrink Database problem

    Do you have any transactions running? Are you shrinking the transaction log?

    Patrick

  • RE: Numeric Primary Key vs. Combination Primary Key

    Well, it depends on other variables - the size of the fields, data types, etc, and the type of transactions.

    A sequential number should not be the primary key if none,...

  • RE: MCDBA certification process

    Take the exam first while the information is fresh. I've known a few guys who took the course and scheduled the exam either the evening of the last day or...

  • RE: MCDBA certification process

    I have the advantage of working on SQL Server while I studied for the tests. I was working with a much more experienced DBA and I would check my reasons...

  • RE: Shrink command

    That makes sense since the Temporary database is recreated each time the server starts.

    The concern with autoshrink is that it may run at high peak times. It should also...

  • RE: Retail App: Will SQL Server work?

    Access .mdbs can be flaky. They are fine for non-critical uses, and if the users are trained to back up often and there are not a lot of users or...

  • RE: Don't Use Transcender

    Ah, the money. It's when you look for the next job and can point to the experience that you have that will help with the money. The DBA cert will...

  • RE: Don't Use Transcender

    Well, nothing kills a discussion on certifications quicker than saying how wonderful braindumps are.

    Patrick

  • RE: outer join perfomance question

    You know I didn't think of that. Laughing. Too focused on indexing and joins.

    Patrick

  • RE: outer join perfomance question

    Kevin,

    Glad I could help.

    Yes, just add a line to the job that dumps the data in to update statistics. And don't rely on auto anything...

    Laughing.

    Patrick

  • RE: outer join perfomance question

    It could be a mixture. From this distance it's hard to tell.

    A nested loop join joins the tables in a series of nested iterations. In a two-table join every...

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