Date Tables are Great for Users, but Not So Great for Performance
If you haven’t used a date table before, here are a couple of primers on how to create one and use it.
2020-08-27
tables
Splitting a SQL Server Table Over Multiple Files
In this tip we look at how to move SQL Server tables from one filegroup to another filegroup.
2019-10-30
SQL Server Clustered Tables vs Heap Tables
One very important design aspect when creating a new table is the decision to create or not create a clustered index. We will take a look at a few points to help with the decision.
2019-07-19
How to Identify Useful SQL Server Table Statistics
In this article, Fikrat Azizov describes the different approaches to maintaining statistics and shows how you can use the data from your servers for intelligent statistics updates.
2016-06-01
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Log and report on table growth for trending
Log and report on table growth for trending, so you can track exactly which table(s) are your hotspots for growth.
2016-06-09 (first published: 2016-05-05)
1,517 reads
Quickly Investigating What's in the Tables of SQL Server Databases
From SQL Server Management Studio it's hard to look through the first few rows of a whole lot of tables in a database. This is odd, since it is a great way to get quickly familiar with a database. Phil tidied up a SQL routine he uses to investigate databases quickly in a browser. He explains how to use it, how it works, and how to use it from PowerShell.
2014-08-20
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SQL Server Tables - 11 Questions You Were Too Shy to Ask
There are some aspects of tables in SQL Server that a lot of people get wrong, purely because they seem so obvious that one feels embarrassed about asking questions. Robert Sheldon reckons that no questions about SQL Tables are off-limits, and deserve frank answers.
2014-07-03
9,666 reads
List all tables and their respective information.
List all tables in a SQL Server database with the details of them.
2015-10-13 (first published: 2013-02-20)
4,472 reads
Tables and rows listing
Simple script which create a list of all the tables and rows of the selected DB.
2013-02-11 (first published: 2012-12-21)
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2008-09-09
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