2013-02-18 (first published: 2013-01-25)
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T-SQL
2013-01-25
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VARCHAR (MAX), NVARCHAR (MAX) and NTEXT Data Types
Despite NTEXT and TEXT being deprecated in SQL Server for some time they are still both used in production systems. In this article, I will briefly demonstrate the difference between a VARCHAR (MAX), NVARCHAR (MAX) and the NTEXT data types, and the impact on performance from using NTEXT/TEXT.
2013-01-21
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2013-01-16
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SQL Server T-SQL Tuning – NOT IN and NOT Exists
Following on from the previous TSQL performance tuning article in this series, we now focus on the important topic of T-SQL “Not IN” And “Not Exists “
2013-01-16
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2013-01-14
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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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