Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysindexes
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-01 (first published: 2012-10-29)
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StrateSQL
Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #4
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out...
2012-10-29
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Reblog: October 19 to October 25
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-10-26
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PASS 2012 Countdown – 2 Weeks To Go
I’m not sure how we got to 2-weeks until this year’s PASS Summit. If you haven’t registered yet it’s really...
2012-10-25
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Discovering Binary Pages In Sys.Indexes
In a previous post, we looked at how to take the the binary page values in sysindexes and convert the...
2012-10-24
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Decoding first, root, and FirstIAM in Sysindexes
Have you ever looked at the first, root, and FirstIAM columns in sysindexes and wondered…
“What do these values mean?”
Recently, I...
2012-10-26 (first published: 2012-10-23)
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What Happened to rowmodctr from Sysindexes?
In my blog series Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables, I’ve been going through the compatibility views in SQL Server...
2012-10-22
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Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #3
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out...
2012-10-22
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Ask The Unicorn: SQL Saturday Registration Is Closed
Right before the last Minnesota SQL Saturday, I was asked a few questions about learning about SQL Server which led...
2012-10-20
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Reblog: October 12 to October 18
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-10-19
512 reads
Blogs
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Free Online Sessions – Building the €100 DWH and Indexing for Dummies
I’m giving two online sessions soon on virtual events that are free to attend....
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Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
True or False: Tables with a SPARSE column consume more space than regular columns if most values are NOT NULL.
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