2018-06-07 (first published: 2018-01-13)
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Indexing
2018-06-15 (first published: 2018-01-04)
2,094 reads
2017-11-02
1,046 reads
Indexing for Windowing Functions: WHERE vs. OVER
Erik Darling shows that if you take SQL Server's word when it asks for an index, things can go horribly awry.
2017-10-09
4,023 reads
2017-04-20
1,245 reads
Index Utilization Summary
This report shows all the Indexes on user defined table or view and how effectively they are being used in our project.
2017-04-20 (first published: 2017-04-10)
894 reads
One way to get an index seek for a leading %wildcard
In an effort to make leading wildcard searches sargable, Aaron Bertrand plays around with a trigram-type implementation in SQL Server.
2017-02-28
5,792 reads
Missing index with change impact percentage
This script will list all missing indexes with create statements.
2017-03-01 (first published: 2017-02-24)
1,336 reads
Internal Query Processor Error with ColumnStore Indexes
SQL Server 2016 does not allow computed columns to co exist with columnstore indexes and clustered btree indexes on same table.
2016-12-29
904 reads
Which Indexes are not Used?
During the development cycle, indexes will be placed on SQL Server tables to speed up performance when searching for records. Lots of thought probably has gone into creating just the right mix of indexes based on how developers think customers will use the system. But how do you tell if all the indexes are being used once your database has been implemented into production?
2016-12-19
8,251 reads
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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