Pages and Extents: Stairway to SQL Server Indexes Level 4
We've now seen how indexed and non-indexed tables perform in queries, and established "logical reads" as the metric for query performance. Now it is time to explain why logical reads are an excellent metric and also explain what is actually being read.
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Trunk Based Database Development
Trunk based development is what many of us do with shared database servers.
Are nulls stored in a nonclustered index?
When you index a nullable field, are the rows with nulls stored in the index? It’s easy enough to find out by creating a table with a nullable field, and then creating an index on it.
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Breaking the 4th Wall with Unity
Even when creating games, your code has access to environment variables and document files. In this article, Lance Talbert shows how to access files to convince the player that maybe the game knows more than it should.
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Create Azure Data Lake Linked Service Using Azure Data Factory
In this article we walk through a step-by-step example on how to create an Azure Data Lake Linked Service in Azure Data Factory v2.
Blogs
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Back to the on-prem
It’s the second tuesday of the month, which means T-SQL Tuesday time! This month’s...
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Question of the Day
Converting Money
Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?
DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY; SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;See possible answers