The Clustered Index is not the Primary Key
As the title says, the clustered index doesn't have to the primary key and vice versa.
2016-05-24
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Editorial
The Politics of SQL Security
Dealing with SQL Server security when the application it uses is full of security holes.
2016-05-23
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Boundless Opportunities
There has never been more reasons or better opportunities to learn new skills. Gail Shaw shares her favorite online video training resources sites, what's on her current learning list and why.
2016-05-23
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What's Your Test Plan?
This week Steve Jones looks at the formal way in which you might verify changes to your system. Do you have a process?
2016-05-20
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The Complexity of Branches
Branching code creates complexity to development and should be undertaken with caution.
2016-05-19
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Half Baked Features
Steve Jones notes that some features aren't fully developed, but that's not a reason to avoid releasing them.
2016-05-17
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SQL Server RTM - June 1
The next version of SQL Server 2016 will be released on June 1, 2016, which means you can start planning those upgrades.
2016-05-16
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Software Maturity with Release Management
Adding a release management tool to your software development is a sign of maturity.
2016-05-16
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2016-05-13
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Solving Tempdb Issues
A simple change might solve some of those tempdb issues various customers experience.
2016-05-12
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Blogs
Creating a Striped Backup Set with AI
By Steve Jones
I needed to test a striped backup, so I decided to ask the AI’s...
Trace Flag 1448 – Lessons from a Technical Interview
By gbargsley
In SQL Server environments where transactional replication runs alongside Always On Availability Groups (AGs),...
Disable the sa login in SQL Server (and sleep better)
Disable the sa login in SQL Server (and sleep better)If you run SQL Server...
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Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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Be Wary of Data
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Locking Hierarchies
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Question of the Day
Locking Hierarchies
You have a table [dbo].[orders] without a Clustered Index (Heap). The table does not have any other nonclustered indexes! You rund the following command in Read Committed Isolation Level:
SELECTo_orderdate,
o_orderkey,
o_custkey,
o_storekey
FROMdbo.orders
WHEREo_orderkey = 3877;