Tipping Point Queries – More Questions To Really Test You!
OK, so this is interesting. I've got a few answers to my last survey (Tipping Point Query #1) and well, there's a good mix of
OK, so this is interesting. I've got a few answers to my last survey (Tipping Point Query #1) and well, there's a good mix of
Along the same lines of improving database design and getting better performance on SQL Server (which [IMO] DOES take an experienced SQL Server database developer
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**** UPDATE March 17, 2009 **** Be sure to read the comments. This doesn't appear to be as bad as it seemed…still glad I did the rant though;
Something I learned while the SQL Server 2008 Internals book was in tech edit (thanks to our *awesome* tech editor Ben Nevarez – who, unfortunately, does
I know where I go but where the heck does the time go (it seems to move much faster than I)? First off, I hope
Well… I think I had had too much tea that morning ;-). But, as always, chatting with Richard and Greg was great. Here’s the specific
NOTE: I’ve released other versions of sp_helpindex since this post. Check out the category: sp_helpindex rewrites for all of the options! I first posted an update
YES!!! OK, well, I guess I should be more specific because as in most things in SQL Server, the real answer is “it depends”. And
OK, so, I don't blog very often. I don't know what it is… I think it's that I feel like I always need to blog
OK, I first posted on some of the limitations to indexes in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 in part one here. Now, I want to
In my blog post on my new sp_helpindex proc (sp_helpindex2), I mentioned that the indexes in my sample were not necessarily a recommended set of
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