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Filter Memory-Optimized Tables in SSMS: SQL in Sixty Seconds #079

January 7, 2015
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
In-Memory OLTP, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL System Table

You can filter memory-optimized tables in SSMS Object Explorer, or find them with one query on sys.tables. The tests here build a database with both kinds of tables, show how durability and memory use appear in the catalog, and list the gotchas.

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Schema Change Reports in SQL Server: SQL in Sixty Seconds #078

January 6, 2015
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL Extended Events, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Trace

Schema change reports show which tables, views and indexes were created, altered or dropped recently. The tests here read the default trace behind the SSMS report with T-SQL, show what it misses, and set up an Extended Events session for longer memory.

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SQL SERVER – Finding Tables Created Last Week – DBA Tip

January 6, 2015
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Server Management Studio

A security team wanted a report of tables created last week on production. Here is the simple query I sent my DBA friend instead of building an audit.

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SQL SERVER - Filter In-Memory OLTP Tables in SSMS

SQL SERVER – Filter In-Memory OLTP Tables in SSMS

January 5, 2015
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
In-Memory OLTP, SQL Scripts, SQL Server Management Studio

Need to spot In-Memory OLTP tables among thousands of tables? I show a simple T-SQL query and the SSMS options that list only those tables.

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Interview Question of the Week #001 – Script to List Foreign Key Relationships and Constraint Name

January 4, 2015
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Constraint and Keys

List foreign key relationships with schema names, matched columns, referential actions, and trust flags using SQL Server catalogs.

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SQL SERVER – UNION With TEXT DataType Returns Error but and UNION ALL Works – Reasons

January 3, 2015
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Union clause

Why does UNION with TEXT datatype return an error while UNION ALL works? It comes down to how UNION removes duplicate rows. Here is the reason.

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SQL SERVER – Fix – Missing “Mirroring” and “Transaction Log Shipping” option in the Database Properties

January 2, 2015
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages

The Mirroring and Transaction Log Shipping options were missing in Database Properties for my freshly created database. Here is what caused it and the fix.

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