http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/07/06/sql-server-2008-introduction-to-row-compression/ Notes of a SQL Server MVP and Database Administrator Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:23:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/07/06/sql-server-2008-introduction-to-row-compression/#comment-42966 SQL SERVER - 2008 - Interview Questions and Answers - Part 8 Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:30:16 +0000 http://sqlauthority.wordpress.com/?p=673#comment-42966 [...] Row compression changes the format of physical storage of data. It minimize the metadata (column information, length, offsets etc) associated with each record. Numeric data types and fixed length strings are stored in variable-length storage format, just like Varchar.  (Read More Here) [...] [...] Row compression changes the format of physical storage of data. It minimize the metadata (column information, length, offsets etc) associated with each record. Numeric data types and fixed length strings are stored in variable-length storage format, just like Varchar.  (Read More Here) [...]

]]> http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/07/06/sql-server-2008-introduction-to-row-compression/#comment-40041 Matt Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:57:53 +0000 http://sqlauthority.wordpress.com/?p=673#comment-40041 Very interesting Very interesting

]]> http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/07/06/sql-server-2008-introduction-to-row-compression/#comment-39920 Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:22:53 +0000 http://sqlauthority.wordpress.com/?p=673#comment-39920 Is there a performance difference when using row compression? Surely there are space savings, but you never get something for nothing. I imagine there is a small computational cost that is attached to these storage savings. Is there a performance difference when using row compression? Surely there are space savings, but you never get something for nothing. I imagine there is a small computational cost that is attached to these storage savings.

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