Tonight is the PASS Marathon on SQL Server Performance
The event is tonight, and it’s my first time helping out as a moderator. I got a call for volunteers, and I added my name. The event starts at...
2020-07-23
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The event is tonight, and it’s my first time helping out as a moderator. I got a call for volunteers, and I added my name. The event starts at...
2020-07-23
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When moving data in an extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) process, the most efficient design pattern is to touch only the data you must, copying just the data that...
2020-08-05 (first published: 2020-07-23)
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SQL Prompt has some nice color coding features, but sometimes I want a database to keep the same color, regardless of instance. I don’t know that I’d recommend this,...
2020-08-04 (first published: 2020-07-22)
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At last week’s presentation to the Edmonton SQL Server user group, I spoke at length about the many extensions that are available for Azure Data Studio, and was asked...
2020-07-22
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I’ve 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...
2020-07-22
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Watch this week's video on YouTube
A Giant Heap
Recently I had to filter out 1.2 billion records from a 3.5 billion row heap. Don't ask me why this 3.5 billion...
2020-07-22
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Watch this week's video on YouTube
A Giant Heap
Recently I had to filter out 1.2 billion records from a 3.5 billion row heap. Don't ask me why this 3.5 billion...
2020-07-22
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Watch this week’s video on YouTube. A Giant Heap Recently I had to filter out 1.2 billion records from a 3.5 billion row heap. Don’t ask me why this...
2020-08-03 (first published: 2020-07-22)
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Assume A Role
I’ve had some issues in the past working with AWS.Tools PowerShell SDK and correctly assuming credentials.
By default, most of the time it was easier to use a...
2020-07-30 (first published: 2020-07-22)
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Recently I have been able to work with our development teams to not create new databases. There are several reasons for me making this request of the teams. The...
2020-07-21
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By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 1 (This is the first article in a three-part series...
By Steve Jones
Thanks for attending my sessions. Resources below: Slides: Using Data API Builder GitHub repo: ...
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at VS Live San Diego yesterday. It...
When I run my query from DW, which uses a linked server, it times...
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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