Transaction Log Structure
Intro This post shows the internal logical structure of the SQL Server Transaction Log. The details here target SQL Server 2000 to 2017. Note that SQL Server 2019 will...
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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Default Value
Sometimes things are not exactly how we think they are. Read the story of the missing default value and learn why.
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The New Database CheckDB
I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
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