Rebuild all the Indexes of a SQL Database in one go
Introduction
In my last post, I had explained what could be the best value of Fill Factor for the indexes in...
2011-06-20
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Vinay
What is the best value for Fill Factor in SQL Server?
Introduction
When an index is created or rebuilt, the fill-factor value determines the percentage of space on each leaf-level page to...
2011-06-13
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Maximum recursion possible with CTE in SQL Server 2005/2008
In my last blog about Tally Tables, we talked about the use of
recursive CTEs to generate Tally Tables. Following that,...
2011-06-04
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How to protect code written in Stored Procedure or User Defined Function?
Introduction
We have always
been wondering on how to protect/secure our t-sql code written in Stored
Procedures and UDF in shared hosting environment...
2011-05-31
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Table-Valued parameters in SQL Server 2008
Introduction
The
most awaited feature has arrived - "Table-Valued parameters in SQL Server
2008". Here, I would discuss on how to use this new...
2011-03-12
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Upgrading Admin Queries
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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