It’s been quite busy here at Stedman Solutions. So busy in fact we needed to hire extra help! Let me introduce our newest Team member Eric Isaacs! Eric joined the team in April of 2022.  He has been working with SQL Server in multiple capacities since 1996.  He is an expert at addressing slow SQL Server performance, data migrations, and …

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With over 11 years of development into Database Health Monitor, there are many features there for many difference scenarios from performance to security, to overall server health. Months ago, I created the Database Health Monitor course to help people get the most value out of using the product, and with the purchase of that course you also get licensing for …

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This month brings treats for new Database Health Monitor users and old! Make sure you check back to see what’s released! This month we will announce a Sale on our Database Health Monitor Course When purchased it allow you to connect to 20 servers! New tips on how to use Database Health Monitor Hot key tips to make your job …

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Transcription of Video: Let’s take a look at another recursive CTE. That’s not looking at tables, but it’s just looking at math. And here, we could create a recursive function that’s called sum of parts, and select from the sum of parts. Basically, we’re creating a function that selects from itself. And what it does is it says give me …

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We hope you enjoyed last month’s Common Table Expressions theme and all the video tips and blog posts we released. July we will be focusing on Database Health Monitor and we will be releasing some SAVINGS as well as some TIPS AND TRICKS! So make sure to follow us on social media, sign up for our newsletter or check back …

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Transcription of Video: One of the things I like play with is performance and pushing things to their limits. So what I want to do next is see how far can we push this sum of parts? Can we do the sum of parts for 40,000? With the option of Max recursion equaling 40,000? No, we cannot do that because …

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Transcription of Video: So here’s an example of building a recursive common table expression, I’m gonna start out with the with statement, we’re gonna call it department CTE. And we’re going to label the columns that we’re going to return department ID, the department, the parent, and those are all things we’ve seen before earlier in the presentation. And then …

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Transcription of Video: Now on to recursive common table expressions. This is my favorite part. And this is where it gets really fun is working with recursive CTE’s. Because with recursive CTE, we’re doing things that are really difficult to do any other way with SQL Server. So, a CTE is considered recursive when the CTE references itself. It’s interesting, …

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