By SQLRx Admin | SQL Server
This article excerpt, by Johan Åhlén, originally appeared here: http://bit.ly/1dARmgI Just when we thought that nothing could get any better than SQL Server 2012, Microsoft announced news around SQL Server 2014. There’s even a SQL Server 2014 website where you can get a free trial. So, what’s new and cool? Hekaton In-memory Database Capabilities Hekaton makes it […]
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SQL Server Development: The COUNT_BIG function is used much like the COUNT function to return the number of items in a group. COUNT_BIG returns a bigint data type and has a maximum value returned of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. COUNT returns an int data type and has a maximum value returned of 2,147,483,647. COUNT_BIG is useful for rowcounts […]
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SQL Server Administration: Restore a database from one file or multiple files. Use these commands to restore your databases. Practicing restoring databases proves that the backup files are usable and will polish up your skills so that you are ready to restore in the event of a crisis. If you have to restore database files […]
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SQL Server Administration: Backup database to one file or multiple files. Use these commands to back your databases up without using a maintenance plan. Backing up to multiple files is good to use for large databases and will break up a single large backup file to several smaller files. Good to use when large backups […]
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A new function available in SQL Server 2012 is IIF. IIF is very similar to the CASE expression and is in essence a shorthand way to write a CASE function. The IIF function returns one of two values depending on whether the first expression evaluates to TRUE or FALSE. The IIF function can be nested […]
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(SQL 2008 R2 and SQL 2012) Use the new dynamic management view sys.dm_server_services to see information about SQL Server services such as when service last started, running status, service account, etc… For more information, check out Books Online or http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh204542.aspx
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Get a list of CLR’s registered to a database. This is helpful when migrating or troubleshooting. For more information on CLR’s check out Books Online or http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms131089(SQL.100).aspx SELECT o.name AS ObjectName, a.name AS Assembly, o.type_desc AS ObjectType FROM sys.assembly_modules am JOIN sys.objects o ON am.object_id = o.object_id JOIN sys.assemblies a ON a.assembly_id = am.assembly_id […]
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Many times when upgrading SQL Server or migrating to new hardware, it is necessary to rename the server when it’s ready to be used as production. However, if any maintenance plans created before the server was renamed are still present after the rename, you may find that trying to delete the old jobs results in […]
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Your SQL database uses statistics to choose the most efficient plan for retrieving or updating data, so you want them accurate and up-to-date. Otherwise, it can cause the SQL Server engine to take the wrong path, and taking the wrong path means slower performance. Check out the code below to see when your stats were last […]
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