Start cleaning address data with preserved originals, normalized spaces, careful casing, street-word mappings, and postal-code review flags.
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Rolling Out Database Changes Gradually
Roll out database changes gradually with expand-and-contract steps, feature flags, data checks, and a rollback path for each stage.
Count Rows and Indexes for Every Table in SQL Server
To count rows and indexes for every table, one query on the catalog views answers four questions at once: how many tables, which are heaps, how many nonclustered indexes each has, and how many rows each holds. The post tests it on a demo database and explains where the row count comes from.
SQL SERVER – Identify Numbers of Non Clustered Index on Tables for Entire Database
Here is a script that counts each non clustered index on tables across the entire database, and the small story of why I wrote it.
SQLAuthority News – A Conversation with an Old Friend – Sri Sridharan
My GTalk chat with old friend Sri Sridharan on why he is running for the PASS Board of Directors again after coming so close last year.
SQL SERVER – Recover the Accidentally Renamed Table
There is no undo for an accidentally renamed table in SSMS, sadly. Here are a few things you can check to find clues about what the original name was.
Querying External Files With PolyBase
PolyBase and SQL Server external tables expose CSV and Parquet files through schemas, while query plans show whether filters reduce remote work.
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