Foreign keys are an important concept in database design and are used to establish relationships between tables in a database. In SQL Server, foreign keys are implemented using a constraint that ensures that the values in a foreign key column in one table match the values in a primary key column in another table. There are several benefits to using …
Wait statistics, in the context of SQL Server, refer to the amount of time that a query spends waiting to access data in the database. When a client application requests data from the database, the request is placed in a queue and the client application must wait for its turn to access the data. The time that the query spends …
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Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is a feature of Microsoft SQL Server that enables the encryption of a databases data and log files, as well as the encryption of backups, to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access. TDE encrypts the data at the page level, meaning that the data is encrypted as it is written to the disk and decrypted when …
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Primary keys are an essential element of database design and are used to uniquely identify each record in a table. In SQL Server, primary keys are implemented using a constraint that ensures that each row in a table has a unique value for the designated primary key column. There are several benefits to using primary keys in SQL Server. First …
Wait statistics, in the context of SQL Server, refer to the amount of time that a query spends waiting to access data in the database. When a client application requests data from the database, the request is placed in a queue and the client application must wait for its turn to access the data. The time that the query spends …
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In SQL Server, the fill factor is a configuration option that determines how much space is left on each page of an index when it is created or reorganized. The fill factor specifies the percentage of space that will be filled on each page, with the remaining space left as free space. The fill factor is specified as a percentage …