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SAVE TRANSACTION: Roll Back Half a Transaction
SAVE TRANSACTION sets a marker inside an open transaction. You can roll back to it and keep the earlier work. This post tests it on SQL Server 2025. It shows why a nested BEGIN TRAN can’t do the same and what XACT_STATE() returns after an error.
SQL SERVER – NOLOCK with DMVs
NOLOCK with DMVs is not a blanket reassurance against monitoring waits. A customer asked about omitting the hint.
Aggregate Pushdown: Letting the Columnstore Scan Do the Summing
Verify aggregate pushdown in columnstore scans, inspect locally aggregated rows, and compare numeric aggregates with expressions.
SQL SERVER – Get Last Restore Date
I report Restore Date from the latest retained msdb history row. My earlier query returned every matching entry.
Reclaim Space After Dropping a Column With DBCC CLEANTABLE
To reclaim space after dropping a column, run DBCC CLEANTABLE or rebuild the index. This post measures both on a demo table and shows that CLEANTABLE shrinks the rows while only a rebuild returns the pages.
SQL SERVER – Easiest Way to Copy All Stored Procedure Definitions
Object Explorer Details helps copy procedure definitions through SSMS scripting. I select the procedures and review the generated script before execution.
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