When doing bulk data changes it may be beneficial to disable indexes prior to starting the operation. Fortunately, SQL's rich metadata makes this very easy to automate in a robust fashion.
2018-05-18 (first published: 2015-10-19)
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As a developer working with SQL Server, you'll need to work with DBAs at one point or another. Here are some easy ways to make those conversations go smoothly.
2015-04-10 (first published: 2013-09-24)
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In this piece, Josh follows up on his earlier article about smoothing DBA/Developer interactions, this time from the side of the developers.
2014-02-07
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I run this batch on SQL Server 2022. What happens?
ALTER TABLE dbo.Accounts ADD AccountAccessType INT GO ALTER TABLE dbo.Accounts DROP AccountAccessType GOSee possible answers