Nicholas Cain

Nicholas Cain started out as the overnight grunt at the now defunct MicroWarehouse 3 years ago. There he got his first introduction to SQL Server where he found an interest and a little aptitude thanks to the help of some great workmates. He now works as a DBA at T-Mobile USA.

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Checking Your Database Fragmentation Level

Fragmentation in SQL Server is a huge debate. Does it matter? How much is too much? What should you do? In any case, new author Nicholas Cain has put together a system that allows him to keep track of the levels of fragmentation as well as defragment those tables when he feels they are getting too spread apart.

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I have this data in my Customer table:

CustomerID CustomerName
1          Steve
2          Andy
3          Brian
4          Allen
5          Devin
I run this code:
SELECT
  t.CustomerID
, c.value
FROM
  ( SELECT
      CustomerID
    , STRING_AGG (CustomerName, ',') AS me
    FROM customer
    GROUP BY CustomerID) t
  CROSS APPLY STRING_SPLIT(me, ',') c;
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