What happens when you execute a query
When a query is submitted to SQL server it goes through several processing steps. A proper understanding of these steps...
2015-09-12
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Blog Posts
Argenis and Ryan
It’s the time of the year when PASS holds its annual elections for the board of directors. This year we...
2015-09-11
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Extended Events – Event Anatomy
As a follow-up to the introduction to what an Event is, it makes sense to discuss the components of an event. What makes up an event? What is the...
2015-09-11
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Extended Events – Event Anatomy
So far in these brief discussions about Extended Events, I have covered several core concepts including a basic introduction into...
2015-09-11
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Hekaton Part 6:- Hash Indexes - Intro
With SQL Server 2014, new type of Index called the hash index was introduced. Little introduction to hash function would...
2015-09-11 (first published: 2015-09-08)
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Where you should start when managing an enterprise
This T-SQL Tuesday we are hosted by one of the DBA’s of the night: Jen McCown (b/t). She want’s us...
2015-09-11 (first published: 2015-09-08)
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A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database...
2015-09-10
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A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database was open for analysis. I caught the queries from...
2015-09-10
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A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database...
2015-09-10
678 reads
A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database was open for analysis. I caught the queries from...
2015-09-10
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Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
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data compare between 2 tables with same structure for any changes after etl run
i have huge table with lot of data and is also wide. i took...
Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams n;See possible answers