SQL Performance

AUGUST 14, 2019

This article is the fourth installment in a series about T-SQL bugs, pitfalls and best practices. The focus of this month's article is bugs, pitfalls and best practices related to window functions. In my examples I'll use a sample database called TSQLV5. At any rate, make sure to remember the best practice here!

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SQL Performance

JUNE 21, 2019

This article will expand on my previous article and point out how these apply to SQL Server , Azure SQL Database , and Azure SQL Managed Instance. When looking at backups, I check for recovery model and the current history of backups for each database. Azure SQL Database and Azure Managed Instance have managed backups.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JULY 13, 2016

Today we are introducing the new Basic Installer experience for SQL Server 2016 Express , SQL Server 2016 Developer , and SQL Server 2016 Evaluation Editions. We actually launched this functionality for SQL Server 2016 Express Edition when SQL Server 2016 RTM was announced but didn’t really promote this.

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