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We contacted Steve when we were in desperate need of repair on a corrupted SQL database. After dealing with a couple of other vendors without… Read More »Raving fan June 2021
We contacted Steve when we were in desperate need of repair on a corrupted SQL database. After dealing with a couple of other vendors without… Read More »Raving fan June 2021
This is part 11 of a 19 part series on TSQL Basics. You will first gain an understanding of the differences between each of these… Read More »TSQL Basics Part 11: CROSS APPLY – Video Explanation
This feature has been available since SQL server 2012 and is one of my favorites. It is the Rows/Range enhancements to the over clause. These… Read More »Rows and Range, Preceding and Following
This is part 10 “cross JOIN” of a 19 part series on TSQL Basics. You will first gain an understanding of the differences between each… Read More »TSQL Basics Part 10: CROSS JOIN – Video Explanation
Although clustered indexes are not required, and there are many cases where you should not use a clustered index, quite often clustered indexes can be… Read More »Finding tables that don’t have a clustered index.
We were moving our SaaS offering from one cloud provider to another and took the opportunity to evaluate our database performance and security ahead of… Read More »Raving fan May 2021
This is part 9 “full outer JOIN of a 19 part series on TSQL Basics. You will first gain an understanding of the differences between… Read More »TSQL Basics Part 9: FULL OUTER JOIN – Video Explanation
Save yourself Time and Money with Steve Stedman’s new database comparison tool. Following in its cousin’s (Database Health Monitor) footsteps, SchemaDrift is FREE! It is… Read More »The time has come! SchemaDrift is Ready to Download!
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… Read More »TSQL Basics Part 8: RIGHT OUTER JOIN w/ exclusion – Video Explanation
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… Read More »SQL Daily Monitoring – SQL Server Versions