Improved partition loading
We have a table that contains just over 1.7 billion records and requires a daily feeding of around 9 million. It is split into 10, roughly equal, partitions. I...
2011-06-06
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Blog Posts
Improved partition loading
We have a table that contains just over 1.7 billion records and requires a daily feeding of around 9 million....
2011-06-06
515 reads
Improved partition loading
We have a table that contains just over 1.7 billion records and requires a
daily feeding of around 9 million. It is split into 10, roughly equal,
partitions. I...
2011-06-06
13 reads
June 2011 S3OLV Meeting
It’s Grillin’ Time OK, so we won’t be grilling inside the meeting – or even at the meeting. But it sure sounds good. There will likely be Pizza and...
2011-06-06
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June 2011 S3OLV Meeting
It’s Grillin’ Time
OK, so we won’t be grilling inside the meeting – or even at the meeting. But it sure sounds...
2011-06-06
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June Monthly SQL Server Checklist
I’ve thought about doing this for a while now and it seems to be about that time. It’ll be a...
2011-06-06
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Meme 2 - A Quick Meme Monday Post.....
Well, ok. I'll jump on the bandwagon again.
Power has been restored to Mr. LaRock's Residence, just in time for meme Monday.
(And really,...
2011-06-06
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Meme Monday – Stupid Questions
This month we have an interesting topic for Meme Monday. This is hosted by Thomas LaRock and the topics revolve in some way around SQL Server. As Tom brought...
2011-06-06
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Meme Monday – Stupid Questions
This month we have an interesting topic for Meme Monday. This is hosted by Thomas LaRock and the topics revolve...
2011-06-06
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Meme Monday for June – there are no dumb questions
G’day,
Here’s my input into this months Meme Monday – there are no dumb questions.
It seems (at least to me), that – occasionally...
2011-06-06
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Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers