Rows and Range, Preceding and Following
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.… Read More »Rows and Range, Preceding and Following
April 2013
Select Favorite SQL Server 2012 Articles
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… Read More »Select Favorite SQL Server 2012 Articles
T-SQL 2012 Procedure sp_describe_first_result_set
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… Read More »T-SQL 2012 Procedure sp_describe_first_result_set
What twitter hash tags do you follow for SQL Server?
# The key to twitter is to follow the right hash tags. What hash tags do you follow related to Microsoft SQL Server? Here are… Read More »What twitter hash tags do you follow for SQL Server?
Happy Birthday SQL Server 2012
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.… Read More »Happy Birthday SQL Server 2012
Using a SEQUENCE object to generate letters.
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… Read More »Using a SEQUENCE object to generate letters.
SQL Server 2012 IIF Statement
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… Read More »SQL Server 2012 IIF Statement
SQL Server Waits
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 Database Health Reports project.
Here is the current list of waits that have documentation available.
SQL Server Memory Hog Query
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… Read More »SQL Server Memory Hog Query
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