August 5, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Jack Corbett (8/5/2010)
Off the technical and metric time topic (I love non-metric cause I'm an American :-D). Just had my PASS NomCom interview. Hard to tell how it went because it's on the phone so you don't get feedback you get in person.
Phone interviews are difficult to gauge without that visual feedback. Sometimes that is good and sometimes that is bad.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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August 5, 2010 at 12:34 pm
This OP wonders why he has performance issue when inserting data.
-Roy
August 5, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Funny. I didn't chime in on that one, but I have heard people claim that indexing every column was the way to go because "it keeps the indexes small" and "SQL can put together all the data from the indexes quicker". Poor guy either inherited that db or built it based on something someone said they had heard once.
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August 5, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Roy Ernest (8/5/2010)
This OP wonders why he has performance issue when inserting data.
I think Jeff, Gail, and Grant covered that one pretty well.
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August 5, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Paul White NZ (8/5/2010)
Chris Morris-439714 (8/5/2010)
BUSHY PLANS!! Thank you, Paul. Time to give that another read.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Isn't associative memory wonderful?
Stick or branch join...bushy plans...funny!
Paul
Made me think of the MIDDLE JOIN question that showed up in the QOD once:SELECT *
FROM dbo.Customers
MIDDLE JOIN dbo.Employees ON CustomerID = EmployeeID
December 13, 2007 if you want to go look it up, one of my favorites. 😀
Chad
August 5, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Roy Ernest (8/5/2010)
This OP wonders why he has performance issue when inserting data.
I once inherited a program (VB6) where the original programmer had 7 or 8 or 9 indexes on every table in an Access database. If that wasn't bad enough, he re-created the indexes every time someone opened the program. Fortunately, only one person could open the database at a time, but it still took 10 to 15 minutes just to open the damn thing, every single time.
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August 5, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Stefan Krzywicki (8/5/2010)
I once inherited a program (VB6) where the original programmer had 7 or 8 or 9 indexes on every table in an Access database. If that wasn't bad enough, he re-created the indexes every time someone opened the program. Fortunately, only one person could open the database at a time, but it still took 10 to 15 minutes just to open the damn thing, every single time.
AHHHHHH! You said a swear word!!! Access.
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August 5, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Jack Corbett (8/5/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (8/5/2010)
I once inherited a program (VB6) where the original programmer had 7 or 8 or 9 indexes on every table in an Access database. If that wasn't bad enough, he re-created the indexes every time someone opened the program. Fortunately, only one person could open the database at a time, but it still took 10 to 15 minutes just to open the damn thing, every single time.
AHHHHHH! You said a swear word!!! Access.
I got them to switch over to SQL Server pretty quickly when I showed them the kind of performance benefits they'd get with the databases they had that were over 2 gig. As it was, they had 1 database per company per month.
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August 5, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Alvin Ramard (8/5/2010)
The Dixie Flatline (8/5/2010)
Wow, a nice technical discussion on The Thread.
Who'd have thought?
SACRILEGE!! HERESY!! CURSORS!! :w00t::w00t:
Doesn't Rule #9 (not sure about the number) say something about no technical discussions in the Thread? 😉
Actually, I think technical discussions amongst "co-workers" at the water cooler are permitted. What isn't permitted is answering OP questions, those belong in the appropriate thread.
I mean, really, how many times have you held hallway meetings with real co-workers that were technical in nature? I have done it, and it usually is quite beneficial.
August 5, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Wish me luck. My PASS Board interview is tomorrow. We'll see if I'm still in the running after that.
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August 5, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Steve Jones - Editor (8/5/2010)
Wish me luck. My PASS Board interview is tomorrow. We'll see if I'm still in the running after that.
Good luck!! And don't worry, you should make it no problem!
August 5, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Well, getting really short here, tomorrow is my last day with my current employer!
Wish me luck!!
August 5, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Lynn Pettis (8/5/2010)
Well, getting really short here, tomorrow is my last day with my current employer!Wish me luck!!
Have a nice, quiet, last day and best of luck in the new gig.
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August 5, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Lynn Pettis (8/5/2010)
Well, getting really short here, tomorrow is my last day with my current employer!Wish me luck!!
Good Luck in them letting you actually leave! :crying:
Seriously, best of luck in your new position.
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August 5, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Lynn Pettis (8/5/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (8/5/2010)
Wish me luck. My PASS Board interview is tomorrow. We'll see if I'm still in the running after that.Good luck!! And don't worry, you should make it no problem!
I second that!
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