Batch Mode For Row Store: What Does It Help With?
Considering SQL Server 2019? Erik tells you what kinds of queries will get the biggest performance improvements.
2018-11-16
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Additional Articles
SOX and Database Administration – Part 3
Database administrators are typically responsible for the security and availability of financial data. In this article, Robert Sheldon discusses SOX, passed in 2002, that governs financial data of publicly traded companies in the US.
2018-11-15
2,359 reads
Overview of In-Memory Technologies of Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database offers a straightforward approach to controlling its performance through vertical scaling. Despite its simplicity, scaling up has obvious pricing implications and, while it is an online operation, it might result in rollback of in-flight transactions. If you are looking for a supplemental approach to enhancing performance, then you might want to consider implementing in-memory technologies which are part of the Azure SQL Database feature set.
2018-11-13
2,109 reads
Testing PowerShell Modules with Pester
In the third article of this series on testing PowerShell code with Pester, Robert Cain demonstrates how to test the functions in a PowerShell module.
2018-11-12
2,113 reads
Unused Indexes - Are they really unused or have they just not been used YET?
Tara explains when index DMVs gets reset by telling a story from her dark past.
2018-11-09
3,197 reads
Azure EA Financial Reporting and Granular Access to Data Through the Enterprise
With the billing data from your Azure Enterprise Agreement collected into one database, it is still necessary to break down the costs and provide access to the correct departments and individuals. This is important for chargeback and further analysis. In this article, Feodor Georgiev demonstrates how to provide granular access to the billing data.
2018-11-08
2,241 reads
Simple way to Import XML Data into SQL Server with T-SQL
In this tip we look at a simple way to import a simple XML document into a SQL Server table.
2018-11-07
3,140 reads
How Big is Your Transaction Log?
If you are not managing the transaction log space used by a database, the transaction log might grow uncontrollably. With SQL Server 2017 there is a new dynamic management function (DMF) that exposes statistical information about a database transaction log. One of the things you can do with the information returned from this DMF is to determine how full a database transaction log file is.
2018-11-06
3,724 reads
Azure and Windows PowerShell: Using VM Extensions
In the third part of his series, Nicolas Prigent describes how to run post-deployment configuration and automation tasks on Azure Virtual Machines. Nicolas explains how to use Azure VM Extensions using the Azure PowerShell module to save time during the provisioning process.
2018-11-05
2,274 reads
5th annual “Seattle Freecon”
On Monday, November 5th, 2018, the 5th annual “Seattle Freecon” (a FreeCon in Seattle for those that might not be attending a pre-con before the PASS Summit) will be held. Put on by Jason Brimhall and Wayne Sheffield, there’s a set of 6 sessions you can attend for free that day. That’s right, absolutely FREE.
2018-11-02 (first published: 2018-10-29)
3,203 reads
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Getting the Object Code
What happens when I run this on SQL Server 2022 in the AdventureWorks2022 database?
SELECT OBJECT_DEFINITION (OBJECT_ID(N'dbo.uspGetBillofMaterials')) AS [Object Definition]; GOSee possible answers