Navigating Yukon - A First Look
Steve Jones takes a first look at the next version of SQL Server. It's been sitting for some time, but with the NDA lifted, here's some first impressions of the tools.
Worst Practice - Defining Rows that Exceed The Max Length
Andy started writing about worst practices a long time ago and returns this week with one that is short and sweet - why defining rows that exceed 8060 characters is a very bad idea and how you can avoid it.
Service Pack 1 for SQLCentric v.1.2.3 Now Available
This service pack contains bug fixed, plus enhancements including test email button, sorting, and drill down.
Sequential Numbering
Needing to number rows with a sequential id is a pretty common request. Sometimes it's because the user hasn't made the transition to 'set based' thinking, sometimes it really is a valid request (more or less!). Greg provides several different techniques to help you achieve sequential numbering.
Store Key - Storing Misc Data
This article proposes a system where extra data is stored in a simple row based table and retrieved using the 'store key'. It's not a new concept of course, but the author explains how and why he chose to implement. Feedback should be interesting!
Scaling Out
Kumar discusses the differences between scale up and scale out, then does a very good walk through of how to build a scale out solution.
New JDBC Driver for SQL
This is one of the vendors we met at PASS 2003. Their new driver is supposed to be faster than the driver provided by Microsoft AND supports NT authentication. Link takes you to a comparision chart of features. (Not Reviewed)
Indexed Views
Most of us know what it is, or do we? Chris works on a good definition and along with that, gets into a good look at the problems denormalization creates and talks about a pretty common form of it - the indexed view.
Notes about PASS 2003 and Other Stuff
Andy wrote up some notes about the recent PASS Community Summit, plans for next year, people we met, and much more.
Parameterizing Views
Views dont parameters, but sometimes you need them to act as if they do. Andy discusses views and how they encapsulate code and then offers an idea about how to alter the behavior of views on the fly. Controversial? Probably!
Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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