Notes from SQL Server Classes
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 about the windowing functions? Check out this aggregation class that I have created: Overview:ROWS PRECEDING, FOLLOWING, UNBOUNDED, refers to the …
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 to perform much better than sp_columns. The information here has been extracted from my SQL Saturday presentation on Whats New in TSQL …
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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 hash tag. Most anything goes on this hash tag. #SQLHelp The #SQLHelp hash tag is great when you need to …
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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. When presenting unleashing Common Table Expressions at SQL Saturday a while back, I was asked a couple of great questions …
I am at SQL Saturday in Vancouver BC today. Here is the download of my presentation. Download zip file. Here is the presentation outline. OVER Clause Enhancements ROWS PRECEDING, FOLLOWING, UNBOUNDED RANGE PRECEDING, FOLLOWING, UNBOUNDED IIF – Immediate IF or Inline IF (from Access) CHOOSE (from Access) OFFSET / FETCH FORMAT CONCAT SEQUENCE (from Oracle) sp_describe_first_result_set New Date and Time …
Last month I posted another CTE blog entry Using a CTE to Split a String Into Rows with Line Numbers. Since then I have used it but, but realized that what I really needed was a diff tool to compare two strings similar to the command line diff tool. First we take a look the SplitWithLineNumber from the previous article. This …
Last year while working on my CTE presentation for a SQL Saturday I added a blog post called “Using a CTE to Split a String Into Rows“, and since that posting I have used it many times. But as things go in development, eventually there is a need to do something more. Doing some complex string building to create files …
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There are 2 upcoming SQL Saturday events that I have pitched presentations at. These are Vancouver SQL Saturday 198, and Redmond SQL Saturday 2012. If they are anything like last year these should be a blast. One of the new presentations that I have prepared for Redmond is the following: Getting Started as a Technical Speaker Have you considered speaking …
I had so much fun at SQL Saturday in Vancouver BC last year, I have decided to go again. The sessions submitted are: The “Run Faster” Switch The NO_LOCK hint is often believed to be the “Run Faster” switch, but in reality can cause some very inconsistent results. Explore alternatives to the NO_LOCK hint to get your queries to run …
Coding on the Database Health Reports project, making notes in my Quest Software notebook, with a pencil from Redgate SQL in the City, wearing my Confio t-shirt, refilling my SQLSentry plastic pint glass with a Nalgene bottle from Quest Software, storing data on my Redgate thumb drive, overwhelmed with all the swag from the last several conferences. Oh and …