2011-03-01
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Indexing
Understanding Indexes
This article contains an introduction to SQL Server indexes and how they are used in your queries.
2011-02-15
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Unused Indexes in your databases
This Script allows you to determine the list of unused indexes in your databases.
For sys.dm_db_indexes_usage_stats, make sure that the last rebbot of the service sql allows you to conclude
2018-03-06 (first published: 2011-02-10)
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2011-02-03
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Query to get tables with no clustered indexes
Query to get tables with no clustered indexes(2K5,2K8,2K8 R2)
2011-02-14 (first published: 2011-01-28)
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Effective Clustered Indexes
As a guideline, clustered Indexes should be Narrow, Unique, Static and Ever Increasing (NUSE). Michelle Ufford Explains why.
2011-01-17
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2013-07-05 (first published: 2010-11-23)
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2010-10-05
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2011-03-18 (first published: 2010-09-21)
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Mid September Free Training from PASS
There's going to be over 30 hours of free online SQL Server training in the upcoming week and you're not going to want to miss out!
2010-09-13
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Blogs
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If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers