Limitation of In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016 – LOB datatypes not supported
Hi friends, Wish you all a very Happy New Year. This is my first blog of 2016 and starting it...
2016-02-01
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Kapil Blogs
SQL Server – Check the status of active Trace Flags
Hi friends, few days back I was exploring data masking features introduced in SQL Server 2016. I got stuck in...
2015-12-14
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SQL Server – Trace flag changes in Dynamic data masking in SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.0
Hi friends, In new CTP version SQL server 2016 which is 3.0, I was trying to explore the new masking...
2015-12-10
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SQL SERVER – Random function in Dynamic Data Masking in SQL Server 2016 CTP 3
Hi friends, With new CTP version of SQL Server 2016 many new functionality are added and modified. As with introduction...
2015-12-08
578 reads
SQL Server – DROP IF EXISTS in SQL Server 2016
Hi friends, in SQL Server 2016 to check the existence of the object a new optional clause IF EXISTS gets...
2015-11-27
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Steps to create SQL database at Azure
Hi friends, in this blog we will learn how we can create the SQL database at Microsoft Azure. Login into...
2015-11-26
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Steps to install SQL Server CTP 3 on Windows Azure
Hi friends, SQL Server 2016 CTP 3 is available now and it can be downloaded on Azure. So I tried...
2015-11-23
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How Client Statistics helps in improving performance in SQL Server
Client Statistics is SQL Server data tool which is very helpful in determining the statistics that how much data received...
2015-11-17
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SQL Server – Columnstore Index creation error: A columnstore index cannot have INCLUDED columns
Hi friends, in my previous blog we learnt that sparse column cannot be part of columnstore index. In this blog...
2015-10-26
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SQL Server – Columnstore Index creation error: A columnstore index cannot be created on a SPARSE column
Hi friends, as we know that in SQL Server 2012 a new feature Columnstore index was introduced which made a...
2015-10-23
639 reads
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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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