Of clustered indexes and ordering
There is a particularly irritating and persistent belief that indexes (usually it’s the clustered that gets picked on) are always...
2015-10-26 (first published: 2015-10-20)
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Blog Posts
Short Circuit Events
I introduced the importance about predicate order previously. I recommend either reading that article for the first time or reading...
2015-10-26
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Short Circuit Events
The predicate order is critical. Having the wrong order can result in not trapping the desired events. I cover the critical nature of predicates in the aforementioned article. At...
2015-10-26
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SQL Server – Columnstore Index creation error: A columnstore index cannot have INCLUDED columns
Hi friends, in my previous blog we learnt that sparse column cannot be part of columnstore index. In this blog...
2015-10-26
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SQL Server Database Source Control using VSO Git
For a while now, I have ensured that the source code of new projects that I have undertaken (in both...
2015-10-26
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Things You Need To Know about Nolock
Nolock is not the Satan, but no an angel too
Surfing the web you will find articles saying that Nolock is...
2015-10-26
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Too Big To Be Visible - SQL Server vs. Oracle data in SSRS reporting
[2015-Oct-20] A sourcing system failed to return correct results (returned value was a very high figure with double digit number...
2015-10-26 (first published: 2015-10-20)
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Be Cautious About Invoke-SqlCmd Bug
With PowerShell becoming more popular in daily DBA work, I’d like to mention one huge ugly bug I recently encountered...
2015-10-25
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Be Cautious About Invoke-SqlCmd Bug
With PowerShell becoming more popular in daily DBA work, I’d like to mention one huge ugly bug I recently encountered...
2015-10-25
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Hekaton Part 9: Things Hash Indexes can't do
Last few posts have explored hash indexes in depth. This one will deal with the limitations on Hash Indexes. What...
2015-10-25
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
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What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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