Stepping Stone Cert
A few of us have been deliberating and discussing the need for a bridge certification between the MCITP and MCM...
2010-03-30
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SQL RNNR
FizzBuzz Revisited
I had bigger plans for this series than what has transpired. I think that is a testament as to how...
2010-03-30
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Certification
There seems to be quite a flurry of talk these days about certification. There is evidence of it in the...
2010-03-26
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Security Audit
Of late I have seen a lot of questions on how to audit the logins and users on each SQL...
2010-03-19
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Another Presentation Down
This evening I had the opportunity to once again give a presentation at our local SQL Uses Group (SSSOLV). I...
2010-03-12
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Log Growing Pains Article
I Just had an article published at SQLServercentral on troubleshooting the cause of log growths. At the conclusion of that...
2010-03-11
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IO IO IO
Once again it is that time. It is TSQL Tuesday. This time it is being hosted by Mike Walsh. Mike...
2010-03-09
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Worst Thing to Do to your DBA
Recently Andy Warren Blogged about things that could drive your DBA mad. There was a lot of feedback on SQLServerCentral...
2010-03-05
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Index your FK
A few months ago I read an article from SQLServerCentral.com about some Foreign Key gotchas. Since that article, I have seen...
2010-03-05
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DBA MD
I just had the opportunity to spend some time with my four year old son at the doctor’s office. It...
2010-02-25
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Blogs
Copying an Azure SQL database between two Azure SQL Instances in two different subscriptions.
I recently had to copy an Azure SQL database (SQL db) from one subscription...
A field note: AI Ambition vs. Operational Reality in 2025
Ivan Jelić, Group CEO at Joyful Craftsmen, reflects on what separates AI success from...
Redefining Tech Leadership in the Age of Microsoft AI
By Chris Yates
AI is no longer a niche capability – it is a leadership catalyst. As...
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How a Legacy Logic Choked SQL Server in a 30-Year-Old Factory
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SQL Server Columnstore Index Fragmentation
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do i lose "what this object depends on" etc when moving sprocs to etl server
Hi i was surprised to see the approach my coworkers used to sunset talend...
Question of the Day
SQL Server Columnstore Index Fragmentation
The columnstore index is absolutely different than the traditional rowstore b-tree index. Because of this, it doesn't suffer from the same kind of fragmentation across pages as the b-tree index. Yet, it does suffer from a type of fragmentation brought about by an excess of deleted rows in a rowgroup and a lack of compression of storage because more things are in the delta store. While b-tree indexes use dm_db_index_physical_stats to show fragmentation, which system tables or DMVs can be used in SQL Server (prior to SQL Server 2025) to determine columnstore fragmentation?
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