Do you use T-SQL debugging?
T-SQL debugging is not 100% in SQL Server. It has few bad drawbacks starting from difficulties when setting it up...
2011-07-13
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SQL Treeo
Copying parent-child rows and SQL Dependency Tracker
I was facing quite well-known issue today – I had to develop logic of duplicating (versioning) parent-child records. Because I was...
2011-07-12
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Select random records using TABLESAMPLE clause
While I was reading Martin Catherall’s post about Selecting from a table with no rows returned I remembered TABLESAMPLE function...
2011-07-11
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Denali’s Skeletons in the closet (and workaround), Part II
I continued to check SQL Server 2011 “Denali” for few things I dislike on 2008 R2 and tried to find...
2011-07-11
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How to merge (combine) date intervals in T-SQL
On my current project, I am dealing with date intervals in T-SQL very heavily. I’ve hit interesting issue recently – how...
2011-07-08
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Showing slowest parts of SQL query
I’ve received interesting question/requirement few days ago:
“… When viewing a query plan graphically, we usually have to hunt for the...
2011-07-08
1,646 reads
Wife and kids are leaving for holiday (it’s not off-topic)
My wife and kids are leaving for holiday (without me). Bad thing is that I will miss them, good thing...
2011-07-07
1,263 reads
Less code with rethrowing “exception” in SQL Server 2011
I wrote about some skeletons in the Denali’s closet here. Let’s also put some good on the table. Very handy...
2011-07-06
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Denali’s Skeletons in the closet, Part I
I’ve started to play little bit with SQL Server 2011 CTP Denali to find out whether some open wounds were...
2011-07-06
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SQL Server on steroids with RAM disk
I’ve faced pretty common situation recently – you need to work with huge data during development/testing. It’s good if you have...
2011-07-05
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Blogs
Hyperconverged storage tuning tip for SQL Server
By kleegeek
We all (should) know that running SQL Server in hyperconverged virtual environments, both on-premises...
Daily Coping 25 Nov 2022
By Steve Jones
Today’s coping tip is to connect with someone from a different generation. This tip...
Snowflake Classic UI vs Snowsight
By Arun Sirpal
This blog post is not about which User Interface is better, Classic or Snowsight...
Forums
Can someone explain where non - clustered index is stored?
I am learning non-clustered and clustered indexing. When reading this article https://www.sqlshack.com/what-is-the-difference-between-clustered-and-non-clustered-indexes-in-sql-server/#:~:text=Clustered%20indexes%20only%20sort%20tables,involve%20any%20extra%20lookup%20step. came across this...
Null value when checking unused indexes
I'm using this query to check if I have any unused indexes.. One of...
Retrieve Password from CyberArk using powershell
Hi, I am new to Powershell script and i have to create a power...
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