Tag: sql server

Calculating Running Total with OVER Clause and PARTITION BY Clause in SQL Server

Database development, Statements • One Comment

You often come across scenarios where you have to calculate a running total of a quantity. A...
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Understanding the Importance of Memory Setting in SQL Server

Database administration, Memory Optimization

Memory is one among the resources forming the performance triangle—CPU and storage being the other two. If one is hit, the other two take...
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SQL Server Table Partitioning and Partitions Tutorial

Database development, Tables

Problem In this article, we will focus on the demonstration of table partitioning. The simplest explanation of table partitioning can be...
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Microsoft SQL Operations Studio: Configuration and Querying

Tools & technologies, Utilities & Extensions

In my previous article, Microsoft SQL Operations Studio: Understanding and Installation, we...
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Microsoft SQL Operations Studio: Understanding and Installation

Tools & technologies, Utilities & Extensions

SQL Server Management Studio is considered as the default integrated graphical user interface tool that has been used for many years to...
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Grouping Data using the OVER and PARTITION BY Functions

Database administration, Work with data • One Comment

The OVER and PARTITION BY functions are both functions used to portion a results set according to specified criteria. This article explains...
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Restoring Database with CDC Enabled

Tools & technologies

In this post, I am going to talk about an issue I found while restoring a backup of CDC enabled...
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SQL Server – Dissect the Internals of sp_spaceused

Database development, Stored Procedures

This article is an effort to dissect the output of the sp_spaceused stored procedure. Introduction Understanding the database usage...
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Real-Time Operational Analytics and Non-Clustered Column Store Index

Database development, Indexes

In this article, we will focus on real time operational analytics and how to apply this approach to an OLTP database. When we look at the...
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SQL Server Trigger: Understanding and Alternatives

Database development, Triggers

The SQL Server trigger is a special type of stored procedures that is automatically executed when...
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