SQL Server 2012 adds many new features to Transact SQL (T-SQL). One of my favorites is the Rows and Range enhancements to the over clause. These enhancements are often times referred to as the windowing functions. Want to learn more …
The following articles are a collection of my favorite SQL Server related posts over the last 6 months. 3 Steps to Work More Efficiently in SSMS. Posted 2/17/2013 Recently the 3 Steps to Work More Efficiently in SSMS article was one of …
SQL Server 2012 adds a new stored procedure called sp_describe_first_result_set. This new procedure returns metadata for the result set returned from a query. The metadata is information about what the results will look like. sp_describe_first_result_set is an alternative to sp_columns, and appears …
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# The key to twitter is to follow the right hash tags. What hash tags do you follow related to Microsoft SQL Server? Here are a few of the twitter hash tags that I follow: #SQLServer The generic SQL Server …
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It has been a year since SQL Server 2012 released. There were some fun posts on Twitter about the SQL Server 2012 birthday or anniversary. For instance: and another anniversary query (which doesn’t actually run): 1 year out since SQL …
SQL Server 2012 introduces a new T-SQL object used to generate numbers, a SEQUENCE, similar to an identity column. You can think of a sequence as a take a number object, you just ask it to give you a number, and you get …
SQL Server 2012 introduces the IIF statement. It is very similar to the IIF statement in MS Access. I have extracted the IIF part of my presentation on Whats new in SQL Server 2012, and turned it into a video …
The Waits Types page has been updated on the T-SQL Wiki. The wait type documentation works will with the Database Health Reports historic wait time monitoring (Free download). Below is a screenshot of the Historic Waits Query Advisor in the …
The article could be named, “How to use up all of your SQL Server available memory with a single CTE query.” Another name for the article could just be “SQL Server Bug Report” depending on how you look at it. …