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How SQL Prompt Improves SQL Server Database Development
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A Getting Started PostgreSQL Tutorial
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Do You Know What the Settings Should Be?
Estate management keeps getting more complex, especially with the move to the cloud, or to multiple clouds. Today Steve talks about the need to ensure you know what the settings are in your environments.
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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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