Computed Columns
Computed columns are an interesting way to cover some queries that might otherwise require a table scan. SQL Server expert Andy Warren brings us a look at this database design feature.
2008-02-12
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2008-02-11
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2008-02-04
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2008-01-31
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DBCC Reindex with Statistics Information and table name optional
Reindex all tables, showing statistics before and after reindexing, table name optional.
2012-03-27 (first published: 2008-01-30)
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2008-01-30
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Revenge of the BLOB
Working with large images or other BLOB data can be a challenge for many DBAs. Andrew Sears brings us some code that can help you extract some of that data out of BLOBs and get it back into a more easy-to-work-with format.
2008-01-30
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2011-11-18 (first published: 2008-01-29)
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2008-03-14 (first published: 2008-01-29)
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Importance of UPSERT
A simple UPSERT can reduce reads on tables. This in turn will increase the performance of a DB.
2008-01-29
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Blogs
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers