Importance of Basics
Riding a bicycle
Imagine riding a bicycle and having zero knowledge how the handlebars are used for direction, how the brakes are applied for friction, how the pedals are used...
2020-04-14
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Riding a bicycle
Imagine riding a bicycle and having zero knowledge how the handlebars are used for direction, how the brakes are applied for friction, how the pedals are used...
2020-04-14
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In my journey with Azure SQL Server I am often asked.1) Why should I move to cloud ?2) Which model should I go for ?3) What do I need...
2019-12-03 (first published: 2019-11-23)
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Let me start with an apology for being missing so long 🙂 Guess was trying to find where technology takes me as I started my journey with pool of...
2019-11-23
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In similar context to my previous blog I'm providing a list of UNIX basic commands which you may find handy...
2016-04-11
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A few months back I came across an instance of using VI Editor. Trust me being a SQL DBA it...
2016-04-09
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In my previous blog we saw the Full-Text Index architecture.
http://sqlandmorewithkruti.blogspot.in/2016/04/all-about-searching-full-text-indexes_7.html
In this blog we shall see its implementation. Before you proceed...
2016-04-13 (first published: 2016-04-08)
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SQL server has the capability to store text-based data in the form of char, varchar, nchar, nvarchar, text, ntext, image,...
2016-04-14 (first published: 2016-04-08)
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SQL server has the capability to store text-based data in the form of char, varchar, nchar, nvarchar, text, ntext, image,...
2016-04-07
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Book References
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Professional_SQL_Server_2012_Internals_a.html?id=-TjHHnP8ivEC
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Microsoft_SQL_Server_2008_Internals.html?id=NJUpAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Microsoft_SQL_Server_2012_Internals.html?id=wK1CAwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
Topic Wise Blogs
32-bit / 64-bit
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/07/07/understanding-the-vas-reservation-aka-memtoleave-in-sql-server.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187499(v=sql.105).aspx
/3GB Switch, /PAE Switch, AWE
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/beatrice/2008/08/29/3gb-pae-and-awe-taking-away-some-confusion/
http://blogs.technet.com/b/marcelofartura/archive/2006/09/14/3gb-pae-awe-what-basic.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/perfguru/archive/2007/12/05/scenarios-using-3gb-and-pae-switch-and-appropriate-uses-of-these-switches.aspx
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/chadboyd/2007/03/24/pae-and-3gb-and-awe-oh-my/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/04/29/413425.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/06/03/424905.aspx
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2010/10/12/tsql-tuesday-11-misconceptions-enable-awe-on-64bit-sql-servers.aspx
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/08/24/troubleshooting-the-sql-server-memory-leak-or-understanding-sql-server-memory-usage.aspx
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/07/07/understanding-the-vas-reservation-aka-memtoleave-in-sql-server.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189334(v=sql.105).aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175581(v=sql.105).aspx
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/psssql/2009/09/11/fun-with-locked-pages-awe-task-manager-and-the-working-set/
SQLOS / Processes/ Threads/ CPU Models
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlmeditation/archive/2012/12/13/tasks-worker-threads-scheduler-threads-explain-it-all-and-dmvs.aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189267(v=sql.105).aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176043(v=sql.105).aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee210547(v=sql.105).aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/library/ms178074.aspx
https://mssqlwiki.com/2013/01/10/sql-server-operating-system-sos-series-1/
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqljourney/2012/12/16/an-in-depth-look-at-sql-server-memorypart-1/
http://www.practicalsqldba.com/2012/07/sql-server-sql-server-scheduler.html
SQL Memory Components
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/03/18/398651.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/08/30/458036.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/02/19/376714.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc293624.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188754.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176083.aspx
Keep Learning, Keep Exploring, Keep Experimenting
P.S....
2016-03-15
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In the Previous blogs we saw about SQL server logical tree and the various memory caches.
http://sqlandmorewithkruti.blogspot.in/2016/02/memory-fundamentals-for-sql-server-sql.html
In this blog we shall...
2016-03-14
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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...
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
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