Improving the response times of queries in SQL Server is a common task for DBAs and developers. In this article, we will talk about how you can effectively use covered indexes to improve your performance, and when you should use them.
2019-12-09
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A common debate in table architecture is whether to use a natural or surrogate key. In this article, I discuss some of the advantages to each method.
2019-10-15
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Security is often something people think about only after they have had a problem. Given that the average cost of a data breach is $3.92 million (SecurityIntelligence 2019) and ransomware attacks have increased 97% over the past 2 years (PhishMe 2019), the "if it's not broke, don't fix it" approach can clearly be catastrophic. Here […]
2019-10-07
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By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
Want to seriously boost your data skills? Mastering advanced SQL is the key, whether...
I have an ADF pipeline that copies Files from source to destination. Both Source...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Function Defaults
I have created this function in SQL Server 2022:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.AddInt (@one INT, @two INT = 1) RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
RETURN @one + @two
END
How can I call this and invoke the default value for @two? See possible answers