A very good friend of mine has been working on a non-profit she created. What she’s been doing is collecting a few small things that homeless people can use. She’s not trying to cure homelessness, but she is offering a helping hand. I’ve helped her hand out these bags before. I’ve seen the appreciation on…
Month: June 2009
SQL Session – Inside SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor
If you’re not already a member of the Charlotte SQL Server User Group, go now and sign up. This group is a great resource of knowledge and connections to the SQL Server community in Charlotte, NC. Their plan is to get together once a month and discuss a new and interesting topic on SQL Server….
Code Review
I’d like to start a new series that will help you learn some of the techniques I’ve used in the past. Some of these techniques are useful, some aren’t. Using SQL is a constant learning process. You have to be willing to look at your solutions and throw out those ideas that no longer work…
INDEX ON partition_scheme_name, filegroup_name, and default
Consider the CREATE INDEX statement below: CREATE INDEX ix_tableName_columnName ON tableName (columnName) ON { partitionSchemeName (columnName) | fileGroupName | default } What’s it all about? Let’s take these one at a time, and dig in a little bit. partitionSchemeName (columnName) Before you can use this option, you have to have your partition scheme defined. Check…