Merge Statement in Sql Server 2008
Merge statement is one of the interesting T-Sql enhancements of Sql Server 2008. With Merge statement we can very efficiently perform multiple DML operations like INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE on the...
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Sparse Column is one more new feature introduced in SQL SERVER 2008. Storing a null value in a sparse column doesn’t take any space, but storing a non-null value in sparse column takes 4 bytes extra...
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sp_depends results are not reliable
sp_depends System Stored procedure will give the list of referencing entities for a table/view and list of referenced entities by the stored procedure/view/function. As per MSDN this system stored...
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How to find referenced/dependent objects (like Table, Function etc) of a...
First of all we shouldn’t use the system stored procedure sp_depends for this as it is not reliable. For more details on sp_depends you can refer to the article sp_depends results are not reliable. For...
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How to find all dependencies of a table in Sql Server?
First of all we shouldn’t use the system stored procedure sp_depends for this as it is not reliable. For more details on sp_depends you can refer to the article sp_depends results are not reliable. For...
View ArticleDifference between DateTime and DateTime2 DataType
DateTime2 is the new Data Type introduced in Sql Server 2008 for storing Date and Time value. As per MSDN, Microsoft Suggests to use this new Data Type for new work instead of DateTime. Following table...
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A-Z of Filtered Indexes with examples in Sql Server
Filtered Index (i.e. Index with where clause) is one of the new feature introduced in Sql Server 2008. It is a non-clustered index, which can be used to index only subset of the records of a table. As...
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Sparse Column is one more new feature introduced in SQL SERVER 2008. Storing a null value in a sparse column doesn’t take any space, but storing a non-null value in sparse column takes 4 bytes extra...
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