TSQL Basics Part 1: Basic JOIN – Video Explanation
This is part 1 “basic 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 1: Basic JOIN – Video Explanation
Converting part of a result set to a comma separated list
One of the common task that I have come across is the need to convert a list of results into a comma separated list. There… Read More »Converting part of a result set to a comma separated list
SQL Daily Monitoring – SQL Server Versions
Here listed is the current percentages of SQL server versions running our Daily Check-up with Database Health Monitor. Compare this month’s percentages against Last Month’s… Read More »SQL Daily Monitoring – SQL Server Versions
Finding the names of all indexes on a SQL Server
I needed a way to list the indexes for an entire database, but I was running into a problem using sys.indexes that I could only… Read More »Finding the names of all indexes on a SQL Server
CTE Query Performance
The following question came up when working on my CTE presentation for SQL Saturday. Does a query that JOINs a CTE to itself execute the… Read More »CTE Query Performance
April Blog Post Wrap-up
by Steve Stedman and the Stedman Solutions Team Optimize For Ad-Hoc Workloads – Video Tip Tue, 27 Apr 2021 Learn how Optimize For Ad-Hoc Workloads… Read More »April Blog Post Wrap-up
Questions Following Corruption Presentation – Video
These are 5 questions asked after our February 2020 corruption presentation. Hope these answers help you as well. Transcription: 0:10Q: So our very first question… Read More »Questions Following Corruption Presentation – Video
Index Seek vs Index Scan
The question comes up when looking at an execution plan of whats the difference between an index seek and an index scan. What it really… Read More »Index Seek vs Index Scan
How to Reducing the Impact of Database Corruption – Video Tips
The Stedman Solutions team shares ways to reduce the impact of server corruption. Transcription: Steve Stedman 0:10All right. Ways to reduce impact are backups, good… Read More »How to Reducing the Impact of Database Corruption – Video Tips
Multiple CTE’s in a single Query
Common Table Expressions are a great way to simplify complex derived table queries. If it makes sense to break out one derived table or subquery… Read More »Multiple CTE’s in a single Query