What happens when we drop a column on a SQL Server table? Where's my space?
You have dropped a column and wondering why you haven't recovered any space? Let's take a look.
2024-08-01 (first published: 2024-04-26)
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You have dropped a column and wondering why you haven't recovered any space? Let's take a look.
2024-08-01 (first published: 2024-04-26)
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Check how much space you may expect to recover from a rebuild after dropping a column!
2024-07-05
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How easily can we find tables with dropped columns that need cleanup?
2024-06-07
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Learn how you can use AutomatedLab to quickly create new environments.
2023-08-04
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This article delves into five new dbatools command that work with sequence objects.
2023-05-31
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We cannot import multiple packages on the SSIS server. So, loading 100 packageS from file location will be a tedious task for a DBA. We can solve this issue by making use of the DTUTIL utility. The DTUTIL utility can also import one package at a time, but we can write the batch file using the […]
2021-09-27 (first published: 2021-09-22)
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create a sql server polybase scale out group in azure for free
2021-06-23 (first published: 2021-04-12)
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In this article, I am going to explain fixing a problem related login failure error with SQL Server. The Problem One of the common error in the SQL Server error log is "Login failed for user 'DomainName\ServerName$'. Reason: Could not find a login matching the name provided. [CLIENT: <local machine>]". Even though it says that […]
2020-11-24
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Introduction The Master database. Just in case that you are not familiar with this database, the Master database is used in SQL Server to store all the system information, instance-level settings, logon information, database file locations, etc. SQL Server can't run without access to a fully functional master database. It's highly recommended not to use […]
2020-11-10
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When was last time you have checked your Always On Availability Groups' replicas storage distribution?
2020-11-09
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Want to build a data analytics foundation that transforms raw data into valuable business...
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I have some simple sales data in a SQL Server 2022 database that looks like this:
TransactionDate SalesAmount 2023-01-15 1200.00 2023-02-22 1500.50 2023-03-10 900.75If I run this query, what are the sales growth amounts returned?
SELECT ms.TransactionDate , ms.SalesAmount , ms.SalesAmount - LAG (ms.SalesAmount, 1) OVER (ORDER BY ms.TransactionDate) AS SalesGrowth FROM dbo.MonthlySales AS ms;See possible answers