How to Edit Read-Only Non-clustered Columnstore Data
As I've discussed in some of my previous posts, creating a non-clustered Columnstore index will make the index as well...
2014-08-06 (first published: 2014-07-29)
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Everyday SQL
Columnstore Table Analyzer
As I’ve discussed in some of my previous posts, there are quite a few data types that cannot be part...
2014-07-08
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Columnstore Memory Grant Issue
In a previous post about non-clustered columnstore indexes, I mentioned the creation of an index is a very memory intensive...
2014-06-03
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Comparison of Columnstore Compression
SQL Server 2012 introduced non-clustered columnstore indexes, and SQL Server 2014 gave us clustered columnstore indexes. Both share the same...
2014-05-20
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What is a Non-Clustered Columnstore Index?
First introduced in SQL Server 2012, the Columnstore index is a new in-memory feature that allows for the creation of...
2014-04-29
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The system_health Extended Event Session
When I first started poking around in SQL Server 2012, I noticed an extended event session called “system_health” was created...
2014-04-21 (first published: 2014-04-08)
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How Long is that SQL Command Going to Take?
Have you ever needed to restore a large database while someone is standing over your shoulder asking “How long is...
2014-03-04
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My Experience Aboard SQL Cruise 2014
Where do I begin? First let me say, WOW what an experience!
How it All Began
When I first heard about SQL...
2014-02-11
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Collecting Historical IO File Statistics
In a previous post, Collecting Historical Wait Statistics, I discussed how you can easily collect historical wait stats by using...
2013-12-17
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Collecting Historical Wait Statistics
As a DBA, I'm sure you've heard many times to always check the sys.dm_os_wait_stats DMV to help diagnose performance issues...
2013-12-16 (first published: 2013-12-11)
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Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
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Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers