SQL Server +0 and -0
This is a very interesting error happened in one of my clients’ databases. Their database has been running for at...
2013-04-30
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John Huang’s Blog
SQL Saturday #198 Feb 16, 2013
SQL Saturday 198, http://www.sqlsaturday.com/198/ ; is coming to Vancouver Feb 16 this year. As of now, 56 sessions are collected from...
2013-01-09
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NULL Values Impact the Performance of MAX() and MIN()
We know that we need to take special attention about NULL values while writing queries because they may lead us into...
2012-12-26
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Inserted and Deleted are One Table?
Inserted and deleted tables are 2 pseudo tables preseting the before and after images of modified rows. They can only...
2012-10-17
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Update with UPDLOCK
Do you think it’s a good idea to add UPDLOCK hint to the table which will be modified in an...
2012-10-10
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Have You Seen This Error?
location: AppendOnlyVerStoreMgr.cpp:776
Expression: 0
SPID: 64
Process ID: 4912
Description: Cannot locate version record and page is not allocated. Status = 3
Msg 3624, Level 20,...
2012-09-10
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Get Dependent Databases, Tables, Columns…
Quite often people need to write a new T-SQL application to replace an existing one for various reasons. For instance,...
2012-07-06 (first published: 2012-06-29)
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Locking Behavior – Foreign Keys
With Snapshot (read committed snapshot and snapshot isolation level) enabled, when data reading on a table takes place, if any...
2012-06-26
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Bug? Can’t Pass TVP to SQL Function Twice
I run into a bug recently with SQL Server 2012. I believe this exists in SQL Server 2008 as well....
2012-06-20
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DBCC WritePage
DBCC WritePage is a dangerous undocumented DBCC command. It’s useful in your sandbox to change data, crash objects, and do...
2011-11-23
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Blogs
Unused Indexes in SQL Server: Find them, vet them, and drop them safely
Unused Indexes in SQL Server: Find them, vet them, and drop them safely Indexes are...
T-SQL Tuesday #191 Round Up
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month, late as it turns out, but we still had a...
Come See Me at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Brian Kelley
I'm speaking on Quantum Computing at the PASS Data Community Summit. It's scheduled for...
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