VARCHAR = @NVARCHAR and SARGability
In my previous post, I mentioned the use of functions, specifically ISNULL and the effects on SARGability of the query....
2015-09-07
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ISNULL around the predicate and SARGability
You may have heard of the word, SARGable. In brief, it’s a term derived from the phrase, Search ARGument able,...
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Executing SELECT query using TOP without ORDER BY
Time and again I see developers querying SQL Server trying to retrieve TOP (N) records but without using ORDER BY,...
2015-07-31
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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