CRUD word is an acronym of the following essential database functions.
In the first part of CRUD article series, we mentioned the concept of the CRUD operations and then discussed the INSERT operation with examples. In this part, we will continue exploring the CRUD operations and will focus on the read, update and delete operation details of CRUD. Read More
According to Wikipedia, the bulk insert is a process or method provided by a database management system to load multiple rows of data into a database table. If we adjust this explanation to the BULK INSERT statement, the bulk insert allows importing external data files into SQL Server.
Assume that our organization has a CSV file of 1.500.000 rows, and we want to import it to a particular table in SQL Server to use the BULK INSERT statement in SQL Server. We can find several methods to handle this task. It could be using BCP (bulk copy program), SQL Server Import and Export Wizard, or SQL Server Integration Service package. However, the BULK INSERT statement is much faster and potent. Another advantage is that it offers several parameters helping to determine the bulk insert process settings.
Let’s start with a basic sample. Then we will go through more sophisticated scenarios.
In the database programming, there are four basic and essential operations: create, read, update, and delete. These operations can be defined as the first step in database programming and are called CRUD operations. CRUD is an acronym of the CREATE, READ, UPDATE and DELETE words. The CRUD term was once mentioned by James Martin in his book ‘Managing the Database Environment’ and since then this term has become popular. In this article, we will explore the CRUD operation in terms of SQL Server because the operation syntax can differ from other relational and NoSQL databases. Read More
In this article, we will explore the basics and details of the SQL Server IDENTITY property and the IDENTITY column features. Also, we will consider how to insert explicit values to the identity columns through the IDENTITY_INSERT feature. Read More
The main idea of the SQL Server locking mechanism is that it controls the consistency of transactions. According to this principle, if a process wants to perform insert, delete or update operations, SQL Server engine locks the row or rows and does not allow another process until the transaction is completed. Under some circumstances, this locking mechanism can lead to performance problems such as high concurrent process pressures. So you can experience the deadlock (Deadlock is a concurrency problem in which two transactions want to access the same data simultaneously) problems in your database. In this article, we will focus on how to avoid lock issues with the help of NOLOCK hint. First, let’s learn the main essentials and details of dirty read methodology because the NOLOCK hint can cause dirty reading.
Interview is the most significant step of SQL database administrator recruitment. During the interview, a technical person or interviewer asks questions about the technical experience of a candidate. The purpose of these questions is to understand candidate’s experience about SQL Server. The answers to the questions will measure your knowledge and experience. If you cannot prove your experience in this interview, most probably the decision on your employment will be negative. First of all, you should be calm during the interview. This advice is the most significant key to success. The first question of an interview is about your past experience and skills. Being relevant to this question, you should describe your old and current job responsibilities and skills. You must be sure that you demonstrate all of your knowledge and experience to the interviewer. Because this introduction makes the first impact on your potential employer. Read More
Performance monitoring and troubleshooting in SQL Server is a vast topic. In SQL Server 2005, dynamic management views, also known as DMV’s, have been introduced and became an essential helping tool for diagnosing SQL Server performance problems. At the same time, we can use dynamic management views for Azure SQL Database. Some of them can differ from SQL Server on-premise database but the logic of work is still the same. Microsoft has very good documentation about dynamic management views. The only thing, you need to be careful about the version and product validation of dynamic management views. Read More
As you know, the main responsibility of the database administrator lies in the monitoring of the SQL Server performance and intervening in determined time. You can find several SQL Server performance monitoring tools in the market but sometimes we need additional information about SQL Server performance to diagnosis and troubleshoot the performance issues. So we must have enough information about SQL Server Dynamic Management Views to handle issues about SQL Server.
Dynamic Management View (DMV) is a concept that helps us to discover SQL Server Engine performance metrics. DMV was first announced in SQL Server 2005 version and it continued in all versions of SQL Server afterward. In this post, we will talk about particular DMV whose database administrator must have enough information. This is sys.dm_os_wait_stats.
In the software programming world, there are several approaches used by developers that help them with effortless software development. Design patterns, object-oriented programming, test driven development are some of them. If we particularly mention the code reuse; “Reuse of a typed code. It is written once and can be used in most places. It is a basic concept of software engineering. It is a structure necessary for modular programming. ”
For this reason, user-defined functions in SQL Server help us to avoid rewriting of T-SQL queries. At the same time, they improve code readability. In this post, we will discuss the pros and cons (advantages and disadvantages) of the traditional and natively compiled scalar user-defined functions and make a simple performance test.
Database Administrator always makes an effort to tune SQL Server query performance. The first step in tuning query performance is to analyze the execution plan of a query. Upon some conditions, SQL Server Query Optimizer can create different execution plans. At this point, I would like to add some notes about SQL Server Query Optimizer. SQL Server Query Optimizer is a cost-based optimizer that analyzes execution plans and decides the optimal execution plan for a query. The significant keyword for the SQL Server Query Optimizer is an optimal execution plan which is not necessarily the best execution plan. That’s why, if SQL Server Query Optimizer tries to find out the best execution plan for every query, it takes extra time and it causes damage to SQL Server Engine performance. Read More