What is a Good Way to Run CheckDB on a VLDB?
Introduction
Today’s script is one that I wrote based on the logic outlined in this post by Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter). This...
2010-05-21
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What is a Good Way to Run CheckDB on a VLDB?
Today's script is one that I wrote based on the logic outlined in a post by Paul Randal. This script is written for SQL 2000 but, as Paul notes,...
2010-05-21
29 reads
What is a Good Way to Run CheckDB on a VLDB?
Today's script is one that I wrote based on the logic outlined in a post by Paul Randal. This script is written for SQL 2000 but, as Paul notes,...
2010-05-21
16 reads
What 5 things should SQL Server get rid of?
Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter) recently kicked off this meme by listing the 5 things he thinks SQL Server should get rid of....
2010-05-20
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How Do I Move SQL Database Files Around?
Introduction
Today’s script is one that I had not planned on blogging so soon but since Paul Randal just talked about...
2010-05-11
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How Do I Move SQL Database Files Around?
Here is a script that will generate a script to move database files around in SQL 2005/2008. Continue reading ?
2010-05-11
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How Do I Move SQL Database Files Around?
Here is a script that will generate a script to move database files around in SQL 2005/2008. Continue reading ?
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2010-05-11
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Where Do I Start with PowerShell?
Introduction
This morning I set out to get some information about getting started in PowerShell for a coworker. Rather than spend...
2010-05-06
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Where Do I Start with PowerShell?
This morning I set out to get some information about getting started in PowerShell for a coworker. Rather than spend a bunch of time searching for different sites I...
2010-05-06
19 reads
Where Do I Start with PowerShell?
This morning I set out to get some information about getting started in PowerShell for a coworker. Rather than spend a bunch of time searching for different sites I...
2010-05-06
6 reads
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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