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Microsoft updates its database story with SQL Server 2019 and new cloud...
(Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons user Moumou82 / cc3.0) One of the most fundamental aspects of computing infrastructure will play a key role in Microsoft’s Ignite 2018 pitch to developers and...
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Microsoft’s SQL Server gets built-in support for Spark and Hadoop
It’s time for the next version of SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship database product. The company today announced the first public preview of SQL Server 2019 and while yet another update to a...
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SQL Server 2019 preview combines SQL Server and Apache Spark to create a...
Today at Ignite, Microsoft announced the preview of SQL Server 2019 . For 25 years, SQL Server has helped enterprises manage all facets of their relational data. In recent releases, SQL Server has...
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First public preview of SQL Server 2019 : CTP 2.0
Today Microsoft has announced the first public preview of SQL Server 2019 . I've posted a recap detailing many of the features over at mssqlTips.com , but here are some highlights: Table variable...
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What’s New in SQL Server 2019: Adaptive Memory Grants
When you run a query, SQL Server guesses how much memory you’re going to need for things like sorts and joins. As your query starts, it gets an allocation of workspace memory, then starts work....
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What’s New in SQL Server 2019: Faster Table Variables (And New Parameter...
For over a decade, SQL Server’s handling of table variables has been legendarily bad. I’ve long used this Stack Overflow query from Sam Saffron to illustrate terrible cardinality estimation: declare...
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微软发布SQL Server 2019公开预览版
今天是微软在奥兰多召开的Ignite 2018会议的第一天，公司宣布了全新SQL Server 2019，其公开预览将于今天上线。新数据库管理系统（DBMS）的承诺是，企业将能够在一个产品中同时管理其关系数据库及其非关系数据库。微软表示，它改进了PolyBase，使其具有更多数据源的连接器，包括“Azure SQL数据仓库，Azure Cosmos DB，Mongo...
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What is New in SQL Server 2019 Public Preview
If you read my roundup forweek 38, which I published yesterday, you probably noticed that MS Ignite started today. I mentioned in the post that I was particularly interested in some of the SQL Server...
View ArticleMerge the result of two queries in SQL Server
I have two different queries: SELECT PB_BANK_CODE, PB_BANK_NAME FROM GLAS_PDC_BANKS WHERE PB_COMP_CODE='1' AND PB_BANK_CODE='025' AND PB_BANK_CODE IN ( SELECT DISTINCT PC_BANK_FROM FROM...
View ArticleWhere to watch Ignite
Where to watch Ignite Daniel Janik Posted on 24 September 2018 Comments In case you aren’t familiar with #MSIgnite, it’s a huge event where Microsoft debuts all the new shiny software that you’re going...
View ArticleSimple DBCC CHECKDB process to report on database corruption for all SQL...
By: Alejandro Cobar || Related Tips:More > Database Consistency Checks DBCCs Problem As DBAs, we all know how important it is to check all of the SQL Server databases under our care for potential...
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Interview Matt Gordon
I decided to start a series of blogs where I interview key people in the SQL Server community. Instead of me asking technical questions, I plan on asking about their outlook on the future, books they...
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Stop and Think Before You Shrink Shrinking a SQL Server Database
I like Halloween so I find myself getting mentally ready each year about a couple of months prior. My mind turns to horrors and I must warn wary travelers in DBA-land about an evil I see all too often...
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Dew Drop September 25, 2018 (#2810)
Top Links Microsoft 365 adds modern desktop on Azure (Julia White & Brad Anderson) SQL Server 2019 preview combines SQL Server and Apache Spark to create a unified data platform (Jenny Erie) Office...
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What is the optimal way to order a clustered index?
Someone recently was asking me about indexes and how the order of the columns affected the index. I have a table, and I want to create a clustered index on it. SSMS lets me choose the order of the...
View ArticleWhat’s In SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.0?
APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT This new aggregate function is designed for data warehouse scenarios, and is an equivalent for COUNT(DISTINCT()) . Instead of performing expensive distinct sort operations to...
View ArticleBatch Mode On Rowstore
In the SQL Sever 2019 preview, we are further expanding query processing capabilities with several new features under the Intelligent Query Processing (QP) feature family. In this blog post we’ll...
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Shortchanged with International Money in SQL Server
Imagine you have to perform some salary analysis for your employer International Mega Corp. The data you have to work with looks something like this: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS...
View ArticleNew Use Hint In SQL Server 2017 CU10
In this scenario, you only have this one query that apparently does better in SQL Server 2014 than 2017. That’s all “New CE” there’s no CE70 vs CE 120+ at issue here. Using any known trace flag, the...
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Load testing for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
Performance monitoring is a very significant and essential topic for database or system administrators. This is no different with SSRS load testing. In some cases, performance problems can lead to...
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