Set-based thinking solves three SQL puzzles with grouping, anti-joins, and windows, then turns each solution into a repeatable query habit.
SQL SERVER – Add Column With Default Column Constraint to Table
Add a NOT NULL column with a named default Column Constraint in one ALTER TABLE statement. I always name constraints instead of letting SQL Server pick one.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – Analysis Services Query Performance Top 10 Best Practices
Analysis Services Query Performance Top 10 Best Practices from TechNet: cube design, aggregations, partitions, efficient MDX, caching, memory and scaling out.
Porting Stored Procedures Between Platforms
Porting stored procedures means preserving error, transaction, temporary-table, sequence, and date behavior instead of translating tokens.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – Retrieve Any User Defined Object Details Using sys objects Database
The sys.objects catalog view has a row for every schema-scoped object, so you can retrieve any user defined object details, like foreign keys, by object type.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – Retrieve Processes Using Specified Database
Jim Sz shared a quick script to retrieve processes that use a specific database from sys.sysprocesses, with spid, status, host name and login.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – What is CLR?
CLR is the Common Language Runtime. A diagram of its architecture, and why CLR stored procedures in C# help with the loops and recursion that slow down T-SQL.
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