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This is part 8 “right outer join with exclusion” of a 19 part series on TSQL Basics. You will first gain an understanding of the differences between each of these types of joins, and when they should be used. Then we’ll explore some common uses for joins, such as replacing a not in clause with join to get the same …
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Here listed is the current percentages of SQL server versions running our Daily Check-up with Database Health Monitor. Compare this month’s percentages to Last Month’s Percentages
This is part 7 “left outer join with exclusion” of a 19 part series on TSQL Basics. You will first gain an understanding of the differences between each of these types of joins, and when they should be used. Then we’ll explore some common uses for joins, such as replacing a not in clause with join to get the same …
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Modern versions of SQL Server have the option for row or page level compression. Here is the script to find those tables that have compression enabled: Tested on SQL Server 2019.
This is part 6 “anti semi JOIN” of a 19 part series on TSQL Basics. You will first gain an understanding of the differences between each of these types of joins, and when they should be used. Then we’ll explore some common uses for joins, such as replacing a not in clause with join to get the same results with …
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Recently when shrinking a SQL Server data file, I ran into the following error: Before I get any grief about how bad shrinking databases is, and a puppy being sacrificed every time shrink database is run, yes there was a legitimate reason to shrink the data file. The client was low on disk space, and a huge amount of data …
This is part 5 “semi JOIN” of a 19 part series on TSQL Basics. You will first gain an understanding of the differences between each of these types of joins, and when they should be used. Then we’ll explore some common uses for joins, such as replacing a not in clause with join to get the same results with better …
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Occasionally I need to look up what user the SQL Server services are running as, and when this happens, you can either run a quick query, or wade through the dialog boxes for the SQL Server services top see what user they are running as. I prefer the query, however this only runs on SQL Server 2008R2 SP1 or newer. …
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