Paging Data in T-SQL
This article will show you how to page through a set of results using the OFFSET and FETCH options of the ORDER BY clause.
Concurrency Challenges Around Schema Changes
A post on distributed systems and how schema changes are handled caught Steve's eye. See if you agree with how he thinks this should work.
SQL Server Resumable Index Operations
The ability to pause and then resume index rebuilds has been added to SQL Server. This is a fantastic feature, and with the release of SQL Server 2019, we can now replicate it on the actual create index process. Learn how to use this feature in this short article.
[Video] Office Hours: Professional Development & Training Questions
A lot of today’s questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento have a common theme, but it’s just a coincidence. Listen to the answers.
Cheat Sheet for SQL Server DBAs - Monitoring Current Activity, Blocking and Performance
It seems like every DBA has a USB stick or a shared drive filled with scripts they can pull up in almost any situation. How can I build such a library of T-SQL files?
Call for Panelists – WIT Panel at PASS Data Community Summit, 2023
Take a moment and submit to be on the WIT panel at the PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle this November. We would like to see more women taking part in this.
How to Find the SQL Server Version
This article shows a number of ways in which you can find out the version of your instance.
The Reliable DBA
One of the important qualities for a database is being reliable. However, as your organization grows, you might need to ensure that your account for your people as well.
Pipelining Configuration Information Securely to Flyway
This article demonstrates two techniques for allowing Flyway to read extra configuration information from a secure location, possibly encrypted. The first technique pipes the contents of the config file to flyway via STDIN, and the second uses PowerShell splatting. This makes it much simpler to use Flyway to manage multiple development copies of a database using role-base security.
Blogs
Scaling PowerShell – Lessons from a Technical Interview
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Recently, I was in a technical interview where the topic of running PowerShell at...
Installing Old Versions of PowerShell Modules with Their Dependencies
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I don’t recall where this came up (probably in SQLSlack), but I had a...
In Memory of Andrew Clarke, AKA Phil Factor
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One of the parts of getting older that really sucks is I seem to...
Forums
SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
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Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022
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Question of the Day
SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?
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