On table variable row estimations
At first glance, the question of how many rows are estimated from a table variable is easy. But, is it really that simple? Well, not really. To dig into...
2020-12-23 (first published: 2020-12-15)
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SQL In The Wild
On table variable row estimations
At first glance, the question of how many rows are estimated from a table variable is easy. But, is it really that simple? Well, not really. To dig into...
2020-12-15
8 reads
Pluralsight Free April
It’s a few days into April, but not too late I hope to mention that Pluralsight is offering their entire library, free to new accounts, for the month of...
2020-04-16 (first published: 2020-04-07)
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Pluralsight Free April
It’s a few days into April, but not too late I hope to mention that Pluralsight is offering their entire library, free to new accounts, for the month of...
2020-04-07
5 reads
A rant about presentations
My company’s internal conference is in a couple of weeks, so this seems like a good time to have a...
2018-05-04 (first published: 2018-04-24)
2,350 reads
A rant about presentations
My company’s internal conference is in a couple of weeks, so this seems like a good time to have a quick rant about some presentation failings I’ve seen over...
2018-04-24
10 reads
Revisiting catch-all queries
I originally wrote about catch-all queries early in 2009, just as something that I’d seen several times in client code....
2018-03-26 (first published: 2018-03-13)
4,339 reads
Revisiting catch-all queries
I originally wrote about catch-all queries early in 2009, just as something that I’d seen several times in client code. It turned into the 3rd most popular post ever...
2018-03-13
12 reads
Obsessing over query operator costs
A common problem when looking at execution plans is attributing too much meaning and value of the costs of operators.
The...
2018-02-22 (first published: 2018-02-13)
2,182 reads
Obsessing over query operator costs
A common problem when looking at execution plans is attributing too much meaning and value of the costs of operators. The percentages shown for operators in query plans are...
2018-02-13
7 reads
Blogs
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Call a Fabric REST API from Azure Data Factory
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Distributed Availability Group Dashboard
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Question of the Day
Replacing a NULL II
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2022?
DECLARE @value INT = NULL , @value2 VARCHAR(20) = NULL; SELECT COALESCE (@value, @value2, 100.5) AS Result; GOSee possible answers