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SQL Server Transaction Log Fragmentation: a Primer

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Generally, you will have no need to worry about the number of virtual log files in your transaction log. However, if you use the default settings for 'auto-grow', you can end up with such 'fragmentation' in your transaction log as to affect performance noticably. How can this be avoided? How can you tell it's a problem? What do you do about it? Greg explains.

2012-11-23 (first published: )

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Converting Money

Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?

DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY;
SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; 

SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;

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