Category: DBA
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FORCESEEK Hint – SQL Server 2008
Forceseek hint is a new addition to SQL Server 2008. It forces the query optimizer to use an Index seek instead of Index scan. Forceseek applies to both clustered and nonclustered index seek operations. It can be specified for any table or view in the FROM clause of a SELECT statement and in the FROM…
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How to change Server Collation in SQL Server 2005
In this article we are going to discuss about changing SQL Server 2005 collation at serverlevel. While installing SQL Server 2005 we may miss to choose the right collation and we need to rectify this by changing the collation at serverlevel. You can change the collation of sql server without uninstalling. Lets discuss the necessary…
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MERGE Statement – SQL Server 2008
In earlier versions of SQL Server in order to perform INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE we have to have separate T-SQL statements. With the introduction of SQL Server 2008 we have MERGE statement which helps in simplifying this. It allows us to perform DML operations based on certain JOIN conditions in single statement.
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Table Valued Parameter – SQL 2008
A new T-SQL feature is available in SQL Server 2008 which allows us to pass a set of rows as a parameter to stored procedures or functions. Table-Valued Parameter (TVP) allows us to send multiple rows of data to a stored procedure or a function without the need to pass so many parameters or creating…
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Policy Based Management – SQL Server 2008
This article discusses the new feature named Policy Based Management in SQL Server 2008. Policy Based Management is an extensive management configuration that can be used to manage servers, databases and objects. Policy Based framework provides a way to define policies that apply to servers, databases and objects. With Policy based Management framework, you can…