Adding every column with INCLUDE feels like a free speed-up. Here is a small demo of the space, reads and writes you pay for.
Alphabets – SQL SERVER – Retrieving Rows With All Alphabets From Alphanumeric Data
I got an email from one of my blog readers asking for an easy way to identify if a given string contains only alphabets. There can be methods.
SQL SERVER – Applying NOLOCK to Every Single Table in Select Statement – SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED
READ UNCOMMITTED changes session read isolation without adding NOLOCK to every table. A workshop procedure made the distinction useful.
How to Move SQL Server MDF and LDF Files? – Interview Question of the Week #189
How do you move SQL Server MDF and LDF files? Detach and attach is the old way, so here is the step-by-step method I use for my clients today.
SQL SERVER – UDF – User Defined Function to Extract Only Numbers From String – Number Table Method
I rewrote my User Defined Function to extract only numbers from a string. The new one uses a numbers table, also called a Tally table, instead of a WHILE loop.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Attach Database Files – The PageAudit Property is Incorrect – Ransomware Attack
After a ransomware attack, a client could not attach database files and saw: The PageAudit property is incorrect. Here is what the error means.
SQL SERVER- High CPU and Transaction Type WorkFileGroup_fake_worktable and Workfile
Workfile and WorkFileGroup_fake_worktable were clues in a customer high-CPU investigation. I correlated them with queries and plan evidence.