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2013-05-13
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SQL Server – Finding TCP Port Number SQL Instance is Listening on
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SQL Server – How to check if you are running 32-bit or 64-bit version
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2013-04-22
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SQL Server – Differences between Clustered and Non-Clustered Indexes
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2013-04-19
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SQL Server – Import Data from Excel using T-SQL
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2013-04-15
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SQL Server – Add Date/Time to output file of BCP / SQLCMD (2)
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SQL Server – Add Date/Time to output file of BCP / SQLCMD
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2013-04-17 (first published: 2013-04-09)
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers