Vinay Thakur

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Select count(*)

Today I was reading(I always read Paul Randal).
http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Which-index-will-SQL-Server-use-to-count-all-rows.aspx
I learned that whenever you query select count(*) it will select the the...

2009-10-09

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How Log reader works- replication

Just saw the the answer by michael Hotek for how log reader works on replication: looks very great:http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreplication/thread/d2d2e1c6-01ee-439b-93e8-e31c77c0cd28/Thanks Michael Hotek...

2009-09-03

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Replication

Hi,Just want to share info about replication script which i generally use. this is good for sql server 2000 Transaction...

2009-09-03

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Data Type Synonyms

Today on sql server central QOD. very interesting question on Data Type Synonyms...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/questions/Programming/67390/
We can use the synonyms data type also...

2009-09-02

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reading.

Reading another great book ( I know its old but good book)...Inside Microsoft sql server 2005: T-SQL QUERYING....by Itzik Ben - Gan.

2009-08-30

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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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