Freeze a table by placing it on a READ_ONLY filegroup. See what fails, how to move a table in, and how to undo it in SQL Server.
Table or View in SQL Server: Check With OBJECTPROPERTY
To settle table or view in SQL Server, ask OBJECTPROPERTY. This post builds a table, a view, a synonym and a procedure, and reads the answers for each. It also shows a trap with other databases and a catalog query for every object.
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.
Partition Switch in SQL Server: Move a Million Rows in a Moment
A partition switch moves a whole partition from one table to another without copying a single row. This post builds a partitioned table with a million rows, switches the January partition out and back in, and shows that only metadata changes. It lists the five errors that stop a switch, with the real message numbers, and ends with the sliding window pattern.
Do MAX(col) Scan Table? – SQL in Sixty Seconds #106
While working on working on a Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check my client asked me – Do MAX(col) Scan Table? Let us learn about that today.
How to Get Rowcount of Every Table in SSMS? – Interview Question of the Week #288
Question: How to Get Rowcount of Every Table in SSMS?
Answer: After watching my earlier video on the fastest way to get the rowcount for the table,
Survey Answers: A Table Design for Questions and Responses
Store survey answers as typed rows instead of one column per question. Then break the design on purpose to see what it blocks and what it cannot.