Stranger Danger… The need for trust with constraints
I ran into an issue with errors with an database upgrade running into a violation of a foreign key constraint....
2015-08-13
420 reads
Sheldon Hull
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Red Gate SQL Source Control v4 offers schema locks
Red Gate Documentation Update
Looks like the rapid release channel now has a great feature for locking database objects that you...
2015-08-12
277 reads
Running very large scripts is not a strong area for SSMS
out of memory, argggh!
Am I the only one that has experienced the various out of memory issues with SSMS? Not...
2015-08-11 (first published: 2015-08-05)
3,431 reads
Using Qure Profiler To Benchmark Tuning Progress
the problem of monster views
I’ve been working with tuning an application that performs a lot of Entity framework calls,...
2015-08-10
1,315 reads
SET NOEXEC is my new friend
Have never really played around with the option: SET NOEXEC ON
Turns out this can be a helpful way to validate...
2015-08-07
3,573 reads
Database Stuck in Single-User Mode Due to Botched Restore
Working in a development environment, I botched up a restore. After this restore attempt to overwrite my database with the...
2015-08-04 (first published: 2015-07-28)
3,116 reads
What was I thinking? Deleting myself from localdb?
Was testing a batch file to add a user to a localdb instance. Assumed that my user as admin on...
2015-07-13
504 reads
What was I thinking? Deleting myself from localdb?
Was testing a batch file to add a user to a localdb instance. Assumed that my user as admin on...
2015-07-13
317 reads
Download SSMS 2015 as a standalone download.... finally!
I'm excited to see the future of Sql server management studio with release of SQL Management Studio 2015 Preview. http://bit.ly/1LSu0Ek
Two...
2015-07-06 (first published: 2015-06-30)
11,102 reads
Download SSMS 2015 as a standalone download…. finally!
I’m excited to see the future of Sql server management studio with release of SQL Management Studio 2015 Preview. http://bit.ly/1LSu0Ek...
2015-06-30
946 reads
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How a Legacy Logic Choked SQL Server in a 30-Year-Old Factory
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SQL Server Columnstore Index Fragmentation
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do i lose "what this object depends on" etc when moving sprocs to etl server
Hi i was surprised to see the approach my coworkers used to sunset talend...
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SQL Server Columnstore Index Fragmentation
The columnstore index is absolutely different than the traditional rowstore b-tree index. Because of this, it doesn't suffer from the same kind of fragmentation across pages as the b-tree index. Yet, it does suffer from a type of fragmentation brought about by an excess of deleted rows in a rowgroup and a lack of compression of storage because more things are in the delta store. While b-tree indexes use dm_db_index_physical_stats to show fragmentation, which system tables or DMVs can be used in SQL Server (prior to SQL Server 2025) to determine columnstore fragmentation?
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