Azure Databricks – Pin Cluster
Before discussing why you would want to pin a cluster it would be useful to understand the different states of a cluster. We can have: I usually have “auto...
2020-10-22
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The T-SQL Tuesday Corollary
T-SQL Tuesday is a fantastic series of blog posts derived from over 130 topics over the past 11 years, inviting bloggers to share their thoughts on a particular theme...
2020-10-21
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How to Import Perfmon Data into a SQL Server for Analysis
If you followed the last video, I showed you how to set up windows perfmon for ongoing performance metric collection on all of your critical SQL Server machines. However,...
2020-10-21
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How To Set Up Perfmon for 24×7 Collection
I just released a new training video (one of many to be released in the upcoming months) showing you how to set up Windows Perfmon for ongoing 24×7 collection....
2020-10-27 (first published: 2020-10-21)
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Daily Coping 21 Oct 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-10-21
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Shell to Script Shortcut
I’ve been meaning to write something this post for a while but the stars have aligned this week. Garry Bargsley (blog | twitter) published a post about making a...
2020-10-21
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Adding a Check Constraint to a Table–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I had to do this the other day,...
2020-10-28 (first published: 2020-10-20)
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Azure SQL Database Elasticity – Presentation Notes
This blog covers the content and points to the code used to create the demos in my Azure SQL Database Elasticity presentations. As of today, I have presented this...
2020-10-27 (first published: 2020-10-20)
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How To: Create Schema Only Database Copies
Have you ever been asked to make a schema only copy of a database? What is your preferred method to complete this request? Below we will discuss how to...
2020-10-26 (first published: 2020-10-20)
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Solve SQL Server Resource Database Crash
Based on Microsoft Documentation <The Resource database is a read-only database that contains all the system objects that are included with SQL Server. SQL Server system objects, such as...
2020-10-20
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Blogs
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...
Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There
By SQLPals
Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There Why sys.fn_dblog...
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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