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Would using timestamps solve consistency issues with snapshot isolation?

I'm considering using Snapshot Isolation for some large queries being send from an Access 2007 frontend. These queries are occasionally causing ASYNC_NETWORK_IO waits, and some blocking as well. I'm ...
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Database stuck in restoring and snapshot unavailable

I tried to restore my database from a snapshot. This usually took around a minute to complete the last couple of times. When I did it today, it didn't complete for around 30 minutes and the spid was ...
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Sql server snapshot isolation overhead when read_committed_snapshot is enabled

When SQL Server's read committed snapshot is on (and thus some amount of row versioning is necessary), is there any additional overhead caused merely by enabling snapshot isolation? Snapshot ...
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READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT support in SQL Server 2005 Express

I wonder if SSE 2005 supports the READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT database option. What I found is this article: Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2005. It states that SSE 2005 supports ...
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How can I query for existing database snapshots in SQL server?

I'm trying to create a t-sql query that can determine whether or not a given database has any database snapshots that were created from it. For example, if I were to create a snapshot like this: ...
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How widespread is the adoption and usage of database snapshots?

After reading up on database snapshots, it seems that they are useful as a backup and quick restore method for small DDL and DML changes. Additionally they are useful for large scale dev/test ...
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Why is my database stuck in the Restoring state?

I have some unit tests that manipulates data in a database. In order to guarantee that the database state is always the same throughout all the tests, we're trying restore a database snapshot at the ...
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Does SQL Server Snapshot replication completely copy the data every time or does it issue deltas?

I am looking at snapshot replication between two servers. Here is what I have: 500GB database ~500MB nightly bcp loads ~50MB daily transactions I was asking other DBAs in the company about which ...
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Merge replication - can't create snapshot – timeout

I have a SQL Server 2008 database, and I need a merge replication because I want to sync with mobile devices afterwards. So I created a replication but when it comes to start the snapshot agent, the ...
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Transactional Replication snapshot locking Publisher db from beginning

I have recently upgraded my remote distributor to 2008r2. I am getting complete system locks when attempting to generate a new snapshot in the day when we have added an article to the publication (we ...
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Are SQL Server Database writes slower with Snapshot Isolation?

I have a lot of deadlocks going on in my system. I would like to use Snapshot Isolation to fix them, but my DBA has reserves about it. One of his concerns is that Snapshot Isolation slows down ...
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SQL Server: in what situation can snapshot restore be blocked after SET SINGLE_USER?

In my tests, i have the following script: USE master; ALTER DATABASE [TestDB] SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE RESTORE DATABASE [TestDB] FROM DATABASE_SNAPSHOT = 'TestDBSnapshot' In some ...
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Advantage of using a database snapshot for reporting purposes

What is the performance advantage of using a snapshot of a database for reporting purposes? The way I see it, it would probably downgrade performance since for every write in the original database, ...
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Remote queries at SNAPSHOT isolation level

I'm experimenting with snapshot isolation level. Whenever I try to access a linked server, I get an error: Remote access is not supported for transaction isolation level "SNAPSHOT" I wasn't able ...
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Why are Stored Procedure schema changes not being replicated when using ”initialize with backup”?

In SQL Server I have set up transational replication using the "initialize with backup" option. Data is being replicated fine, as are schema changes to tables. However, schema changes to stored ...