These 7 Questions about OUTPUT Clause follow my INSERT and DELETE videos. I clarify destinations, triggers and performance scope below.
Remove Trigger for Delete – SQL in Sixty Seconds #133
I am involved in the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Today we will discuss how we can remove triggers for the Delete statement.
Create Table From Another Table: What SELECT INTO Copies
To create table from another table in SQL Server, use SELECT INTO with WHERE 1 = 2 or TOP (0) for the structure alone. This post builds a demo table and compares it with its copy column by column. It shows the identity trap, the computed column that becomes plain, and the statements that add keys, defaults and indexes back.
How to Capture Deleted Rows Without Trigger? – Interview Question of the Week #297
Question: How to Capture Deleted Rows Without Trigger?
Answer: I was recently asked by my client during the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.
Insert Multiple Values into Multiple Tables in a Single Statement – SQL in Sixty Seconds #132
It is totally possible to Insert Multiple Values into Multiple Tables in a Single Statement. Let us learn how we can do that in today’s video.
Priority Boost and Performance – SQL in Sixty Seconds #131
Enabling Priority Boost does not mean that you get performance from your SQL Server. It may be quite opposite. SQL in Sixty Seconds.
SSMS Efficiency – Replace STAR – SQL in Sixty Seconds #130
You might have heard that SELECT * is bad for queries performance. Let us learn in today’s video how we can replace STAR (*) by column name.







