2021-09-08
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SQL Server 2012
Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB
Developers using SQL Server Express face a few challenges in their day to day work. One is that setting up and maintaining Express can be a daunting task.
2017-07-28
5,168 reads
Learning SQL Server 2012
A collection of technologies and links that will help you learn more about SQL Server 2012.
2015-06-25
1,400 reads
Lead and Lag Functions in SQL Server 2012
Arshad Ali discusses how to use CTE and the ranking function to access or query data from previous or subsequent rows. He also shows you how to leverage the LEAD and LAG analytics functions to achieve the same result without writing a self-join query using CTE and ranking function
2014-12-10
8,382 reads
Reaping the benefits of the Window functions in T-SQL
Exploring the potential benefits of the T-SQL Window functions (OVER, LAG, and LEAD) in this piece. You can learn how to achieve up to 50% performance boost by replacing a single function call.
2019-04-02 (first published: 2014-03-24)
25,859 reads
Powershell script to interactively move cluster resources
Powershell code to interactively move cluster resources between nodes. Intended for Windows 2012 and SQL 2012.
2013-11-19 (first published: 2013-11-04)
2,365 reads
2013-10-25
2,056 reads
2013-08-13
2,005 reads
Why SQL Server 2012 needs Windows Server 2012
While AlwaysOn and Columnar lookup are good enough reasons to migrate to SQL Server 2012, you need to be aware of the problems associated with certain virtualize environments.
2013-07-04
8,329 reads
The Importance of Reading Comments
Read when you search for help on the internet. You might miss a very important part of what you must do.
2013-06-10
4,889 reads
Blogs
Why Optimize CPU for RDS SQL Server is a game changer
One feature that I have been waiting for years! The new announcement around optimize...
Performance tuning KubeVirt for SQL Server
Following on from my last post about Getting Started With KubeVirt & SQL Server,...
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
By DesertDBA
I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been...
Forums
Change Tracking – Troubleshooting
I have change tracking configured in several databases, in QA and production environments, and...
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to the 1st 21 rows?
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to...
Pivot but preserve all rows on Aggregate column
Hello Need help in pivoting this data set, the Pivot takes MIN/MAX on a...
Question of the Day
What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers