An Alternative to SELECT COUNT(*) for Better Performance
Sometimes rapid code development doesn't always produce the most efficient code. Take the age old line of code SELECT COUNT(*)...
2013-05-07
5,273 reads
Patrick
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Merging SQL Server and Softball Just for Fun
With opening day of Major League Baseball season finally here, I thought I’d take the time to cover two of...
2013-04-02
1,266 reads
Use Powershell to Pick Up what Database Mirroring Leaves Behind
Database mirroring has been around since SQL Server 2005, and it's turned out to be an excellent step up from...
2013-03-26
2,443 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #40 - Proportional Fill within a Filegroup
T-SQL Tuesday #40 is underway, and this month's host is Jennifer McCown (blog|twitter). The topic is about File and Filegroup...
2013-03-15 (first published: 2013-03-12)
2,886 reads
Dealing with a Fragmented Heap
Just for the record, this happens to be one of my favorite interview questions to ask candidates.
At some point in...
2013-03-05
2,318 reads
The Performance Impact to Prefix Stored Procedures with sp_
Last week I ran across a blog post by Axel Achten (B|T) that outlined a few reasons why you should...
2013-02-19
1,440 reads
What is DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS Telling Me About My Data?
Per Books Online, DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS displays current query optimization statistics for a table or indexed view. Basically it shows you...
2013-02-14 (first published: 2013-02-05)
5,449 reads
T-SQL Tuesday - Use Powershell to Restore a Database on a Different Server
T-SQL Tuesday - This month's party is hosted by Wayne Sheffield (blog|twitter), and the topic is about Powershell and how to use...
2013-02-12
8,112 reads
How to Remove (Undo) Table Partitioning
I have seen plenty of articles and blog posts out there for how to setup and implement table partitioning, but...
2013-02-04 (first published: 2013-01-29)
8,411 reads
sp_PerformanceCounters - Get a Health Check of SQL Server's Performance
During your career as a DBA, you'll run across articles by SQL experts or other DBAs that just give you...
2013-01-22
1,301 reads
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By James Serra
As I researched and wrote my OpenAI and LLMs blogs (see Introduction to OpenAI...
A Quick Test Data Manager Eval with My Database Backup
By Steve Jones
I wrote about getting the Redgate Test Data Manager set up in 10 minutes...
How-To Convert Excel Date & Time to SQL
By DataOnWheels
Hey data friends! This one comes from my personal vault (aka backlog of drafts...
Forums
Why you should avoid Implicit Measures in your Power BI model
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why you should avoid Implicit...
Getting below error
An error occurred during recovery, preventing the database 'XXXXX' (28:0) from restarting. Diagnose the...
Why is "SELECT *" about 10 times faster than "SELECT (ALL Columns)"
Dear all, I have noticed that a "SELECT * ..." is about 10 time...
Question of the Day
Dates and Languages
The string, listopad, translates to a month name in different languages. If I were to run this code, what values are returned?
DECLARE @yourInputDate NVARCHAR(32) = '28 listopad 2018'; SET LANGUAGE Polish; SELECT CONVERT(DATE, @yourInputDate) AS [SL_Polish]; SET LANGUAGE Croatian; SELECT CONVERT(DATE, @yourInputDate) AS [SL_Croatian]; SET LANGUAGE English;See possible answers