Execution Plans – Merge Join
The Merge Join is a Physical Operation when joining 2 sets of data that are in the same order.
There...
2012-03-15
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Columnstore Indexs
Columnstore Indexes for Fast DW
The SQL Server 11.0 release (2012) introduces a new data warehouse query acceleration feature based on...
2012-03-19 (first published: 2012-03-15)
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Security and Permissions presentation from the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group Meeting, 3/14/2012
Last night I presented a new presentation I'm working to add to my inventory, SQL Server Permission and Security. This...
2012-03-15
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Debugging query timeouts by sampling blocking – part 2
In part 1 I explained how I was hunting for the root cause for some query timeouts that happened every...
2012-03-20 (first published: 2012-03-15)
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#Meme15: On Facebook
This will be my first Meme15 (here’s Jason Strate’s original Meme15 post), and today we’re talking Facebook. The question is:
How...
2012-03-15
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ColoradoSQL for March 2012
All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 p.m. and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend...
2012-03-15
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Tempdb quick notes from Professional SQL Server 2008 internals and troubleshooting
I spent sometime to understand more about tempdb today. posting some key points for our quick reference.
some key books/links on...
2012-03-15
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Agent Jobs Using SSIS
This is a short script to help the DBA with documentation purposes. This would come in handy especially in those cases where you are consulting or you have taken...
2012-03-15
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Agent Jobs Using SSIS
This is a short script to help the DBA with documentation purposes. This would come in handy especially in those...
2012-03-15
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Cached blocking history with sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats
Transactions generate IO, latching and locking on tables and indexes , while attempting to access data. The sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats DMV returns aggregated data...
2012-03-15
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Blogs
T-SQLTuesday 204: Are blogs still relevant?
This month’s blogging party is hosted by Jeff Ianucci – his challenge is to...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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Switching Schemas I
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Enforcing Unique Customer Emails When Duplicates Already Exist
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Question of the Day
Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers