Two simple commands that can be a big help in performance tuning.
The first thing that always comes to mind when discussing performance tuning is query plans and rightly so. They are...
2014-09-02
2,595 reads
Kenneth Fisher
Generating a restore script
In order to speed up our backups on a large database our team decided to stripe the backup files. In...
2014-08-25 (first published: 2014-08-18)
7,522 reads
The amazing never shrinking heap
This is a quick demo of a little “trick” with heaps I’ve known about for a couple of years. However...
2014-08-25
616 reads
Two years!
Two years ago today I began my blog with a post about the DEFAULT keyword. I set out with the...
2014-08-20
947 reads
More than sp_help
If you have worked with SQL Server for very long you have probably run across the extremely useful system function...
2014-08-14
1,499 reads
Deny vs Revoke
Quick quiz. Which of these two commands is the opposite of GRANT?
DENYREVOKE
Well lets start with some definitions
GRANT – Grants permissions on...
2014-08-12 (first published: 2014-08-04)
8,525 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #57: SQL Family
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is SQL Family and is brought to us by Jeffrey Verheul (b/t). It’s an amazing...
2014-08-12
590 reads
The clustered index columns are in all of the non clustered indexes.
Did you know that whatever columns you pick as your clustered index will be included in any non clustered indexes...
2014-08-07 (first published: 2014-07-30)
9,431 reads
SchemaBinding – What & Why
What
When you use the SchemaBinding keyword while creating a view or function you bind the structure of any underlying tables...
2014-08-06
1,123 reads
What is ANSI_NULLS and why will I be glad when it finally goes away?
Recently I wrote about what it means that a value is NULL. Right at the beginning I mentioned ANSI_NULLS and...
2014-08-04 (first published: 2014-07-28)
22,364 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers