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CREATE TABLE #temp1 (key INT , string VARCHAR(10)) INSERT INTO #temp1 SELECT geoid, CAST(x AS varchar(3)) + ',' + CAST(y AS varchar(3) FROM my_table CREATE TABLE #temp2 (key INT , string VARCHAR(100)) DECLARE @k INT, @temp_string VARCHAR(100) DECLARE c CURSOR FOR SELECT key FROM #temp1 OPEN c FETCH NEXT c INTO @k WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = […]

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RE: Problems with maintenance job

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quote: maybe you have followed my thread about profiler and privacy? At the moment I can't use profiler until I get an answer on this? Not, I don't but I will have a look. quote: But my question was a bit unclear. Do you know if the ADO control utilizes WRITETEXT or 'advises' SQL Server […]

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RE: PINTABLE

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If you mark a table as pinned then it has little or no affect the first time you carry out an operation after it was pinned. It is the 2nd and subsequent time that it works. Pin your table, do a SELECT * FROM your table then do your test. The downside to pinning a […]

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RE: Data Referential Integrity - when do you use it?

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On this site ages ago there was someone who was running two low grade servers in a profitable dot com and was getting very good performance out of them because the active server didn't have any indices, DRI etc on it. Next day he would make the 2nd machine active whilst the 1st would do […]

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