Resizing Tempdb (When TEMPDB Wont Shrink)
Occasionally, we must resize or realign our Tempdb log file (.ldf) or data files (.mdf or .ndf) due to a growth event that forces the file size out of...
2020-09-09
21 reads
SQLEspresso
Adaptive Joins in SQL Server
SQL Server 2017 (compatibility 140) brought us many Intelligent Query Processing (IQP), formally known as Adaptive Query Processing, features that improve performance on workloads straight out of the box...
2020-09-10 (first published: 2020-09-02)
1,598 reads
Adaptive Joins in SQL Server
SQL Server 2017 (compatibility 140) brought us many Intelligent Query Processing (IQP), formally known as Adaptive Query Processing, features that improve performance on workloads straight out of the box...
2020-09-02
18 reads
Change Azure SQL Database Service Level Objectives in SSMS
Sometimes as a DBA, I am lazy and want the ability to execute all of my tasks in one place. Lucky for me I discovered the other day that...
2020-09-08 (first published: 2020-08-28)
327 reads
Change Azure SQL Database Service Level Objectives in SSMS
Sometimes as a DBA, I am lazy and want the ability to execute all of my tasks in one place. Lucky for me I discovered the other day that...
2020-08-28
6 reads
Caution When Dropping Unused Indexes on an Azure SQL Database
Index Maintenance is an important aspect of database health. Above and beyond regular index rebuilds and reorganizations it is important to understand the usage of the indexes on your...
2020-08-24 (first published: 2020-08-12)
642 reads
Caution When Dropping Unused Indexes on an Azure SQL Database
Index Maintenance is an important aspect of database health. Above and beyond regular index rebuilds and reorganizations it is important to understand the usage of the indexes on your...
2020-08-12
12 reads
What is Azure SQL Database Serverless?
What is Azure SQL Database Serverless? When I hear the term serverless my mind gets confused. How can a database exist without a server? Azure is a cloud platform,...
2020-07-01
346 reads
What is Azure SQL Database Serverless?
What is Azure SQL Database Serverless? When I hear the term serverless my mind gets confused. How can a database exist without a server? Azure is a cloud platform,...
2020-07-01
4 reads
Open Letter to PASS
As you know, I spoke to 12 Chapter Leaders and 4 Regional Mentors yesterday. All are very upset with PASS right now and feel slighted, which as a volunteer...
2020-07-03 (first published: 2020-06-19)
259 reads
Blogs
Grinding Away: Brent Ozar
By Steve Jones
Brent Ozar is a very successful DBA/consultant/speaker/business owner in the data platform space. Many...
Monday Monitor Tips: Am I Patched?
By Steve Jones
One of the things that I think is neat is that Redgate Monitor helps...
Big Queries, Big Money
By Steve Jones
I had been meaning to post this, so as I finished a piece that...
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Peer review SQL Central articles
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Getting ANY of the data
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Why Would You Do That?
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Getting ANY of the data
I have this data in two tables:
-- Beer table BeerIDBeerNamebrewer 5Becks Interbrew 6Fat Tire New Belgium 7Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery 8Alaskan AmberAlaskan Brewing 9Kirin Kirin Brewing -- Beercount table BeerName BottleCount Becks 5 Fat Tire 1 Mac n Jacks 2 Alaskan Amber 4 NULL 7 Corona 2 Tsing Tao 4 Kirin 12What is returned from this query?
SELECT * FROM dbo.BeerCount AS bc WHERE bc.BeerName=ANY (SELECT b2.BeerName FROM dbo.Beer AS b2);See possible answers