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Nov
15
2021

FillFactor, the Untold Story

I love SQL Server internals, I do and I just said it. Why? because thanks to all the tools, documentation and community members that share their knowledge, folks like me can understand how a super complex piece of software like…

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Jul
25
2018

Managing SQL Logins in different environments

Speaking of security, in SQL Server we have the possibility of authenticating in two different ways, one it is based on Windows Authentication and allow Windows users (from a local computer or Windows domain) to…

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Apr
26
2017

Successful Anti-Patterns, Using Deprecated Data types

From time to time it’s good to remind people about the…

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Mar
29
2017

Spring cleanup, LOB considerations

So spring time is here and probably you feel like cleaning up your databases, and that’s good. In previous posts…

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Feb
9
2017

Statistics and Data types, What can go wrong?

One of the most interesting things in SQL Server from my point of view are Statistics and how the optimizer interprets them to produce optimal query plans. But today I want to write about something…

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Nov
30
2016

In-Memory logging, much cooler than disk based

Last week we started exploring some of the cool features that the new In-Memory engine (code name Hekaton) has brought into…

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Oct
19
2016

Successful Anti-Patterns, Storage Requirements

One of the things you realize with experience is…

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Sep
21
2016

Database Design Matters, choosing the Clustering Key

There has been a permanent debate about which is the right clustering key for our tables since the…

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Sep
6
2016

Database design Matters, choosing the right data type

This is not the first time I write about best practices or how a good design can…

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May
25
2016

TRUNCATE TABLE misconceptions

TRUNCATE TABLE in SQL Server is well known for what it does as feature, but how it actually works is easily misunderstood, and for long time, the same…

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