The Axis Of Evil
Views, table variables and local variables are great in terms of programming principles.
But In terms of performance, they can be...
2013-03-25 (first published: 2013-03-20)
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Matan Yungman
Do You Know sys.dm_exec_text_query_plan?
One of the most fundamental DMF’s a SQL Server DBA should know is sys.dm_exec_query_plan.
This Dynamic Management Function allows us to see...
2013-03-19 (first published: 2013-03-12)
2,797 reads
On Trends And Proportions
Assuming you’ve been on earth lately, you probably heard the terms “Big Data”, “Hadoop”, “NoSQL” and so on.
Companies want to...
2013-03-05
557 reads
SQL Server Videos
About two weeks ago, I wrote about SQL Server Podcasts and why I love that medium so much.
Today, I want...
2013-02-26
1,047 reads
Things You Can Find In The Plan Cache
Two weeks ago I delivered a presentation called “Things You Can Find In The Plan Cache” to the israeli SQL Server...
2013-02-18
484 reads
SQL Server Podcasts
Photo credit: Digitalnative
About a year ago, I came across an online deal for a car stereo system with a USB...
2013-02-14
1,567 reads
Querying Execution Plan XML For Inaccurate Row Count Estimates
I read this awesome post by Joe Sack, titled “Detecting Cardinality Estimate Issues with sys.dm_exec_query_stats”.
I was amazed by the beauty...
2013-01-31
1,881 reads
What Queries From The Application Do To Your Plan Cache
Usually, a database is meant to serve some kind of application, and .Net applications have a few possible ways to query...
2013-01-09
1,175 reads
Small Changes Can Make A World Of Difference
SQL Server 2012 is best known for its bombastic new features: AlwaysOn, Columnstore indexes, Window functions enhancements, Extended Events enhancements,...
2012-09-30
1,116 reads
What I Expect From 24 Hours Of Pass
24 Hours of Pass is tomorrow. If you haven’t registered yet, now is a good time.
I expect to:
Have little to no...
2012-09-19
526 reads
Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
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data compare between 2 tables with same structure for any changes after etl run
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams;See possible answers