SIGN describes which side of zero an amount occupies. Preserve the original quantity and distinguish a zero value from missing input.
A Monthly Health Check You Can Run in Ten Minutes
Run a SQL Server health check that reviews backups, integrity-check evidence, file growth, users, build level, and space without guessing health.
SQLAuthority News – Guest Post – SELECT * FROM XML – Jacob Sebastian
Getting NULL when reading a value from XML? Most of the time the XPath expression is wrong. A guest post by Jacob Sebastian on writing it correctly.
geometry STIsValid: Parsed Shapes Still Need a Validity Check
geometry STIsValid checks whether a spatial instance satisfies the validity rules for its geometry type. I use two parsed lines to separate those questions. Successful construction alone does not establish that a shape is valid.
How to Learn a New SQL Server Release Quickly
Evaluate new SQL Server features with a focused reading plan, version checks, three relevant experiments, and a record of operational tradeoffs.
Sequence Gaps: Why NEXT VALUE FOR Skips Numbers
Explain sequence gaps, inspect cached values, test rollback behavior, and separate SQL Server identifiers from gapless numbering.
SQL SERVER – Shrinking Database NDF and MDF Files
Previously, I had written a blog post about SQL SERVER. I am posting this blog post here about Shrinking Database.