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
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
In this tip we look at how to move SQL Server tables from one filegroup to another filegroup.
2019-10-30
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
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, so you can track exactly which table(s) are your hotspots for growth.
2016-06-09 (first published: 2016-05-05)
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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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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 in a SQL Server database with the details of them.
2015-10-13 (first published: 2013-02-20)
4,521 reads
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
1,058 reads
By Brian Kelley
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I have marked a few transactions in my code. How can I find out which marks were stored in a transaction log?
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