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I'm a database developer for a CRO that does pharmaceutical and chemical studies. My duties include: designing and building databases, troubleshooting database performance issues, building SSRS reports, installing and configuring SQL Server (2005 and 2008), configuring SQL Server security, configuring SSRS security, and some other stuff.

I also build on-line surveys in PHP using a MSSQL Server 2005 backend for an Economic Development Consulting company.


Apr
3
comment How can I set the index fill factor back to server default?
Also, went into designer, removed the pk, saved, then readded the pk, same thing.
Apr
3
comment How can I set the index fill factor back to server default?
Weird. I right-clicked - script- drop and recreated the index, removed the fillfactor line and executed, and it's now specifying 95 for the fillfactor (same as the server).
Apr
3
asked How can I set the index fill factor back to server default?
Mar
28
comment SQL Server 2012 backward compatibility for backups with 2008
Similar question on SO: stackoverflow.com/q/1744808/95710
Mar
28
comment SQL Server 2012 backward compatibility for backups with 2008
Yup, I've had this exact same problem before. Ended up scripting out the entire database and then scripting out all of the data. Red Gate's SQL Compare and Data Compare came to the rescue that day.
Mar
28
comment Does the order of columns has a significant effect on INSERT?
I mainly keep it in the same order for consistency. Copy/paste FTW!
Mar
27
answered Recommendations on creating user-objects on system database
Mar
27
comment Storing date as integer (numeric), what are the advantages
I'd like to see the case where you filter a query by joining to a date table with the dates stored as numeric and filtering those numeric dates would beat using "where [date] between @startdate and @enddate"
Mar
27
answered Storing date as integer (numeric), what are the advantages
Mar
27
comment Storing date as integer (numeric), what are the advantages
If you're running SQL Server 2008 or higher, you can actually just use the data type Date. It's a bit smaller and doesn't force you to include time, but almost all of SQL's datetime functions still work for it.
Mar
23
asked What is the signifigance of a fillfactor of 20?
Mar
23
comment Behavior of data in indexes based on fill factor
OK, so I was wrong with how the behavior worked. Thank you for such a detailed answer!
Mar
23
accepted Behavior of data in indexes based on fill factor
Mar
23
asked Behavior of data in indexes based on fill factor
Mar
21
answered Why is this Full Outer Join not working?
Mar
21
comment Restoring a database is not working
Are you restoring to the same server, or a different server? If it's a different server, make sure that it's the same version.
Mar
17
revised Access SQL Server from a different subnet
fixed title, cleaned up languange in body
Mar
16
comment Reindex Task Failing Randomly
Have you looked to see if there is anything else that's running around the time the maintenance plan fails?
Mar
16
revised What is the impact of large varchar data types on indexing?
cleaned up title and body
Mar
16
suggested suggested edit on What is the impact of large varchar data types on indexing?