What are the system databases?
I get to help with technical interviews every now and again, and one of the questions we always ask is...
2018-05-21
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Blog Posts
Why PASS?
In case this is your first time hearing of it, PASS is the single largest community of Microsoft Data Platform...
2018-05-21
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C# – Read emails from exchange online mailbox (Office 365) into SQL Server
You have an Office 365 mailbox. You want to use C# to read those mails and save them to SQLServer.
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2018-05-20
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SQL Server Error Handling In Depth
TRY/CATCH RAISERROR Pre SQL Server 2012 Since SQL Server 2005 we’ve had TRY CATCH syntax in SQL Server handle errors....
2018-05-20
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SQL Server Error Handling In Depth
TRY/CATCH RAISERROR Pre SQL Server 2012
Since SQL Server 2005 we’ve had TRY CATCH syntax in SQL Server handle errors. If...
2018-05-20
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Thanks for joining us at SQLSat Dallas!
Engaged crowds and great questions at both my morning sessions on Saturday morning at SQLSat Dallas, an event put together by a team of expert SQLSat organizers, including SQL...
2018-05-20
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Day 19 MyIASM Storage engine
MyIASM storage engine is available from the early stage of MySQL this engine is developed from IASM language and it...
2018-05-19
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Helper function to convert binary to decimal and back
In this post you will find two small functions that convert binary value to a decimal one and vice versa.
2018-05-19
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How to Extract last name or first name(s) from a combined field
Extracting pieces of information from a string can be a daunting task. This is an example of a REVERSE technique.
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2018-05-19
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How to Extract last name or first name(s) from a combined field
Extracting pieces of information from a string can be a daunting task. This is an example of a REVERSE technique.
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2018-05-19
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Blogs
Running a Local LLM On Your Laptop Resources
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Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There
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Implementing Type 4 Slowly Changing Dimensions in SQL Server
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The Disabled Index
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers