Which One is Better? IN or BETWEEN?
I just had an interesting case of performance tuning: a query with multiple predicates on a very large table. Something...
2018-03-21 (first published: 2018-03-09)
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I just had an interesting case of performance tuning: a query with multiple predicates on a very large table. Something...
2018-03-21 (first published: 2018-03-09)
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Let’s say you have a very large table on a SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition instance. This means: old cardinality...
2018-03-02
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This wait type indicates that parallel plans execute on the server. This wait type doesn’t necessarily means there is a...
2018-03-02
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Usually, when I need to troubleshoot currently running requests, I use a combination of sys.dm_exec_requests and sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks. The former retrieves...
2018-02-01
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Houston, We Have a Problem
We are living in a crazy world. And it just gets more and more crazy all...
2018-01-28
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Let’s say you need to create a new SQL Server database, which is going to grow very fast, but you...
2018-01-18 (first published: 2018-01-08)
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There is a growing need for Graph Databases in the market. This is a type of database, which is capable...
2018-01-08
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SQL Server 2017 brings a new interesting feature, that might be a game changer in some environments. I’m talking about...
2017-12-25
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I had the honor to visit Nepal and participate in SQL Saturday Nepal 2017. You can visit the event website...
2017-12-23
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In show #84 of the SQL Server Radio Hebrew Edition, Matan and I talked about how to calculate running totals in SQL...
2017-12-01 (first published: 2017-11-19)
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By Andy Warren
Somehow two years have elapsed since my last update; hopefully it won’t be that...
By Steve Jones
If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a...
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
Hi experts, I have a 3+ TB database on a 2019 sql server which...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The North Star for the...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers