Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysaltfiles
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-07-01
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – Introduction
When SQL Server 2005 launched, it included a slew of dynamic management objects (DMOs) that were meant to replace the...
2012-07-01
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Determine space used for each table in a SQL Server database
I have written following Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL scirpt to quickly determine space used for each table in a SQL...
2012-07-01
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Database Interview questions
I decided to expand the collection of SQL Server Interview questions and this time focus on database objects related questions.
2012-07-01
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SQL Server Performance Tuning Overview
In this blog article I will give an overview of performance tuning based on common situation that occur on small...
2012-07-01
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Where to Buy a New Laptop
Let’s say that you are in the market to buy a new laptop or ultra book to replace that old...
2012-06-30
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Is SELECT Identity() … INTO Minimally Logged in Simple Recovery?
Is SELECT Identity() … INTO Minimally Logged in Simple Recovery?
Extreme Logging
I was having a discussion with Idera (@idera_software) dev lead Vicky...
2012-06-30
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Rebuild indexes based on fragmentation – sp_RebuildIndex
In my previous post here, I’ve discussed how we can detect fragmentation in SQL Server databases indexes using dynamic management...
2012-06-30
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Several useful T-SQL Function
1. Using the OVER clause with aggregate functions
The following sample is from BOL:
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USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
GO
SELECT SalesOrderID, ProductID, OrderQty
,SUM(OrderQty) OVER(PARTITION BY...
2012-06-30
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Why I failed my goals
I have two goals that I have sought to achieve by mid-year of 2012. The deadline I set for myself...
2012-06-29
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Blogs
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
Asynchronous Replication of Snapshots from an ActiveCluster Pod to a Third Array
I’ve been rebuilding my three-site SQL Server demo lab, and I ran into something...
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STRING_AGG DISTINCT
Has anyone written a wrapper function (or similar) around STRING_AGG() to allow the retrieval...
In-place OS upgrade or migration to new OS?
Putting this here as we're currently on SQL Server 2019 installed on Windows Server...
Never is Not the Policy
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Question of the Day
Rebuilding All Indexes
I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContact rebuildAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers