Disk Is Cheap! ORLY?
People often conclude that the cheap price of storage is a license to use as much as possible, but there is a cost.
2013-10-30 (first published: 2010-12-31)
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Solomon Rutzky
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Restructure 100 Million Row (or more) Tables in Seconds. SRSLY!
Changing the structure of a very large table doesn't need to require a maintenance window.
2012-10-05 (first published: 2011-04-26)
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Improving Performance of Cross-Partition Queries
Table partitioning was added in SQL Server 2005 and increases performance in most cases but decreases it in others.
2010-05-04
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CLR Table-Valued Function Example with Full Streaming (STVF / TVF)
SQL CLR Table-Valued Functions can stream data back, but there aren't many examples of the quick and easy method. Solomon Rutzky brings us an article that givse you an example you can extend to your environment.
2009-12-23
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Streaming Data Into SQL Server 2008 From an Application
Reduce both time and memory utilization when uploading bulk data to SQL Server 2008 by combining Table-Valued Parameters (TVPs) and the .Net IEnumerable interface.
2009-05-28
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Easy and Repeatable Testing of DB Code (Stored Procs, etc.) with DbFit
Testing DB code is not fun or easy so it usually gets ignored. But now there’s a super-easy way to test using DBFit.
2008-11-13
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Exporting and Versioning Lookup Data: A Real-World Use of the CLR
The CLR has not been well-received and most people use it for Regular Expressions and string functions. Here is an example that goes beyond trivial uses.
2008-06-24
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Searching Objects for Text
When searching meta-data to find an occurance of a particular string or pattern it is difficult to look everywhere. This procedure helps you find what you are looking for.
2008-05-28
8,331 reads
A New (and Hopefully Better) Approach to Constants
A look at how constants are used in T-SQL and SQL Server in general along with some suggestions on how better to deal with them.
2007-10-16
7,537 reads
Getting The Most Out of SQL Server 2005 UDTs and UDAs
The CLR integration in SQL Server 2005 greatly expands on the capabilities of the SQL Server platform. One new area is the ability to build user-defined types and user-defined aggregates. Solomon Rutzky brings us a way to get around some of the limitations in this area with his SQL# toolkit.
2007-09-18
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