2015-11-09
1,623 reads
Indexing
Strange Filtered Index Problem
What I thought was a strange filtered index problem but turned out to be a DB settings problem
2018-05-11 (first published: 2015-08-26)
5,251 reads
2015-10-08 (first published: 2015-07-02)
1,105 reads
The Importance of Database Indexing
In this article, James Munro demonstrates an example of a simple query without an index and then that same query again with the index. A simple introduction to database indexing.
2015-06-04
7,210 reads
2015-03-16
1,733 reads
2015-03-11
1,813 reads
The Real World: Rebuilding Index - 1 Instance, 106 Databases
The article show a simple way we managed to schedule index rebuild and reorg for an SQL instance with 106 databases used by one application using a Scheduled job.
2015-02-17
6,491 reads
Grant Fritchey Reviews Minion Reindex
Grant Fritchey reviews Midnight DBA's Minion Reindex, a highly customizable set of scripts that take on the task of rebuilding and reorganizing your indexes.
2015-01-27
2,588 reads
SQL Monitor Custom Metric: Possible Duplicate Indexes
When a table has multiple indexes defined on the same columns, it produces duplicate indexes that waste space and have a negative impact on performance. This metric measures the number of possible duplicate indexes per database above a set threshold. You can then consider dropping the indexes and reverse the change.
2014-11-18
7,931 reads
2014-10-28
2,439 reads
Blogs
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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