SQL Server Execution Plan formats
Execution plan helps in knowing how a query gets executed and troubleshooting a query which is performing poor. In SQL...
2016-09-14
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Importance of Database Backup In SQL Server
Overview To save any organisation from any big future loss, one needs make a proper strategy or disaster plan that...
2016-09-01
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Limitation of In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016 – Sp_rename not allowed
Hi friends, one more limitation of In-Memory OLTP is SQL Server 2016 is that sp_rename is not allowed to change...
2016-07-21
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Getting started with In Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016 – Part 1
In Memory OLTP (Hekaton) introduced in SQL Server 2014 is a new database engine component which is optimized for OLTP...
2016-07-18
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Limitation of In-Memory OLTP in SQL 2016 – Create Index is not supported
Hi friends, in this blog I will discuss another limitation of In Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016. Once you...
2016-07-17
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SQL Server – How to retrieve SQL plans from Cache
Hi friends, in this blog post I will tell you how we can retrieve the SQL plan from the cache....
2016-07-13
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SQL Server – String_Escape function in SQL Server 2016
Hi friends, in SQL server 2016 another string function that introduced is String_Escape. This function can escape special characters within...
2016-07-10
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Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Certifications Announced
Hi friends, Microsoft has announced the release of three new SQL 2016 certifications, based on the different working database professional’s...
2016-07-08
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SQL Server – STRING_SPLIT function in SQL Server 2016
Hi friends, in SQL server 2016 another new function STRING_SPLIT gets introduced which helps in splitting the character expression using...
2016-07-06
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SQL Server – Rollback transaction completely in case of error
Hi friends, I recently found an issue while inserting data into table during transactions that transaction will not completely rollback...
2016-05-26
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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