What are online index operations? SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition can create, rebuild and drop indexes without locking tables, and I explain how.
The Dynamic Management Views Worth Knowing by Heart
Use dynamic management views to inspect active requests, waits, cached queries, index activity, and file space without guessing at server health.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – Difference and Similarity Between NEWSEQUENTIALID() and NEWID()
NEWSEQUENTIALID() and NEWID() both create a uniqueidentifier GUID. NEWID() is random while NEWSEQUENTIALID() is sequential, as my test table shows.
SQL SERVER – Insert Data From One Table to Another Table – INSERT INTO SELECT – SELECT INTO TABLE
How to copy data from one table to another without a cursor: INSERT INTO SELECT for an existing table, or SELECT INTO to create a new table.
SQL SERVER – Fix : ERROR : Msg 1033, Level 15, State 1 The ORDER BY clause is invalid in views, inline functions, derived tables, subqueries, and common table expressions, unless TOP or FOR XML is also specified.
Msg 1033: the ORDER BY clause is invalid in views unless TOP or FOR XML is used. My workaround moves ORDER BY to the SELECT that calls the view.
SQL SERVER – UDF – Validate Integer Function
ISNUMERIC() returns 1 for plus, minus and currency signs, so it is not a safe check. I share the UDF I use to validate integer values instead.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Stored Procedure Create Date and Modified Date
A simple script on sys.objects that shows the stored procedure create date and modified date, handy for audits and for watching changes to your objects.