Copy (CTRL + C) and Paste (CTRL + V) are the friends of the DBAs and Developers. In SQL Server it is totally possible to use the Cycle Clipboard Ring.
SET STATISTICS IO ON – SQL in Sixty Seconds #128
I am working with clients on helping them tune their SQL Server Performance. Let us learn how we can use SET STATISTICS IO to check the query’s performance.
How to Change Database File Size? – Interview Question of the Week #296
Question: How to Change Database File Size?
Answer: By Shrinking the files. Now, many have a negative opinion about Shrinkfile.
Performance Comparison – IN vs BETWEEN – SQL in Sixty Seconds #127
Yesterday I blogged about SQL SERVER – Performance Comparison – BETWEEN, IN, and Operators. Following that, I got many emails about the topic.
BETWEEN vs IN in SQL Server: Which One Reads Less?
BETWEEN vs IN looks like a style choice, and it is not. This post builds a demo table and measures BETWEEN, the two operators and an IN list with and without an index. It shows that BETWEEN and the operators share one plan, that IN seeks once for every value and that sparse values change the question.
SQL SERVER – Unicode Storage and UTF8 Version Limits
nchar and nvarchar are usual types for Unicode character strings in SQL Server. Reader questions prompted my datatype summary.
SQL SERVER – Storing a Non-English String in Table – Unicode Strings
Yesterday I had a meeting with my client Performance Health Check, and they wanted to know how to store a non-English string in a table.