Show Clipboard History in SSMS 22 sits on the Edit menu with the Ctrl+Shift+V shortcut, where the 2020 video used the older Cycle Clipboard Ring name. I could not test the editor feature from a script, so this post tests T-SQL on SQL Server 2025 that builds row count, index rebuild and procedure scripts worth pasting.
SET STATISTICS IO ON – SQL in Sixty Seconds #128
I am working with clients on helping them tune their SQL Server Performance. Let us learn how we can use SET STATISTICS IO to check the query’s performance.
How to Change Database File Size? – Interview Question of the Week #296
Question: How to Change Database File Size?
Answer: By Shrinking the files. Now, many have a negative opinion about Shrinkfile.
Long-Term Backup Retention in Azure SQL Database
Configure long-term backup retention in Azure SQL Database, inspect retained recovery points, restore a separate copy, and review costs.
Performance Comparison – IN vs BETWEEN – SQL in Sixty Seconds #127
Yesterday I blogged about SQL SERVER – Performance Comparison – BETWEEN, IN, and Operators. Following that, I got many emails about the topic.
BETWEEN vs IN in SQL Server: Which One Reads Less?
BETWEEN vs IN looks like a style choice, and it is not. This post builds a demo table and measures BETWEEN, the two operators and an IN list with and without an index. It shows that BETWEEN and the operators share one plan, that IN seeks once for every value and that sparse values change the question.
SQL SERVER – Unicode Storage and UTF8 Version Limits
nchar and nvarchar are usual types for Unicode character strings in SQL Server. Reader questions prompted my datatype summary.