2017-01-30
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Editorials
The New SQL Server 2016 Edition Limits
There are some changes to memory limits in SQL Server 2016 SP1 Standard Edition.
2017-01-26
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The War Room
When things go wrong, how do you handle them? Steve Jones comments on crisis management using a great example from Amazon.
2017-01-25
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Something I learned while unemployed
Being unemployed is difficult. Here's something I learned to help me through it.
2017-01-24
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2017-01-23
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2017-01-23
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Legacy Limits
Sometimes the hardware or software we use prevents upgrades, which isn't necessarily good for any of us.
2017-01-20
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2017-01-18
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Delaying Patches is Problematic
Many of our security issues come down to not patching software when there are updates available.
2017-01-17
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The Development Lab
This week Steve Jones looks at hardware and the ways in which you might assemble a set of computers for building software.
2017-01-16
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Blogs
Running a Local LLM On Your Laptop Resources
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at VS Live San Diego yesterday. It...
Differences Between xp_readerrolog and sp_readerrorlog: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was creating a question on sp_readerrorlog and realized that this procedure is different...
Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There
By SQLPals
Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There Why sys.fn_dblog...
Forums
Implementing Type 4 Slowly Changing Dimensions in SQL Server
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The Disabled Index
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Server-Level Table sizes
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers