SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn & A Thorough Setup
It’s surprisingly easy to set up the new AlwaysOn features. I’ve done it on VMs running on my laptop, from...
2012-03-14 (first published: 2012-03-12)
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The Scary DBA
Let’s Talk
I’m travelling to several upcoming events and I’d love to sit down and talk with you. Yes, I get it,...
2012-03-08
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Avoiding Bad Query Performance
There’s a very old saying, “When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.”
And my evidence today is:
That’s certainly not...
2012-02-07
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Meme Monday: Deadlines
Tom LaRock (blog|twitter) has assigned an interesting topic for Meme Monday this month, working with deadlines.
Some people hate deadlines. Some...
2012-02-06
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Learning, Networking & Wine
Let’s say, you want to spend a couple of days learning about SQL Server. You also want to spend some...
2012-02-01
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Tech on Tap v1.1 Wrap-up
The first ever Tech on Tap event was held on Saturday, January 27th, 2012 at the Stone Cellar Brewpub in...
2012-01-31
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Execution Plans, What Do I Look At?
The question came up, what are the top 3-5 things that you look at in a query. I realized then...
2012-01-30
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Deadlock Monitoring
There are four different ways you can get information about deadlocks in your system. These are:
traceflag 1204traceflag 1222trace eventsextended eventsFor...
2012-01-27 (first published: 2012-01-23)
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Stop PIPA & SOPA
I’m not going to black out my blog, because, let’s face it, who’s going to notice? But for all six...
2012-01-18
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Friday SQL Nugget #1
Gee thanks Jes (blog|twitter). Just what I wanted, a little extra work on a Friday afternoon. I used to like...
2012-01-13
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Blogs
Using the Data API Builder–VS Live San Diego Resources
By Steve Jones
Thanks for attending my sessions. Resources below: Slides: Using Data API Builder GitHub repo: ...
Running a Local LLM On Your Laptop Resources
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at VS Live San Diego yesterday. It...
Differences Between xp_readerrolog and sp_readerrorlog: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was creating a question on sp_readerrorlog and realized that this procedure is different...
Forums
Implementing Type 4 Slowly Changing Dimensions in SQL Server
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The Disabled Index
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers