Because databases aren’t always designed efficiently, data is sometimes stored in ways that make sorting and searching extremely difficult. Requests for meaningful, informative reports from such data, however, still must be fulfilled.
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General database design
Using SMB fileshare as a storage alternative
January 16, 2015Do you know that you can store system and user databases in a fileshare? Even for a clustered instance this is an option now. In this article we will check how to implement this solution.
On the latest versions of SQL Server new possibilities to assign storage to a clustered instance became available. In this article, we will talk about one of these options, which is also an option for standalone instances by the way: The network-attached storage – SMB Fileshare.
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SQL Server Database Snapshots
October 30, 2014Introduction
MS SQL Server 2005 and later versions include the Database Snapshot feature to have snapshot of the database for reports, as a copy in different periods.
The Database Snapshot can be created multiple times and it can only be created using the T-SQL.
In this article, we will show how to create a Database Snapshot, how to see the snapshot created in the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), how to recover objects dropped or data removed using the snapshot. Read more »
Introduction to pagination in SQL Server
May 12, 2014
Microsoft SQL Server distinguishes between paging and pagination. Paging refers to handling of memory bottlenecks whereas pagination, the focus of this article, refers to dividing T-SQL query result set into discrete parts. The general concept of Pagination is prevalent in various professional disciplines (i.e. journalism, publishing, web development etc.). According to Wikipedia Pagination is the process of dividing content (i.e. website search results, newspaper article etc.) into separate yet related pages. The major benefit to such dividing of content is usually a cleaner and clearer structuring of content which enhances the reading (or browser-navigation) experience to the consumer of such content.
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Sequence objects feature in SQL Server
April 24, 2014Introduction to Sequences
Sequence is a new object that was introduced in SQL Server 2012 for a key-generating mechanism. It has been made available across all editions of SQL Server 2012. It was added as an alternative to IDENTITY columns feature that has been prevalent in the previous versions of SQL Server. Despite being newly introduced in SQL Server 2012, sequences have long been prevalent in other database platforms such as Oracle and IBM’s DB2. Thus, the data migration into SQL Server 2012 from other database platforms is now more convenient and simplified.Read more »
SQL Database design: Choosing a primary key
March 16, 2014
A primary key is a column or a combination of columns that uniquely defines each row in a table. When designing a database choosing a primary key is one of the most important steps. A table can contain one or more columns suitable to be a primary key and that column or columns are called a candidate key. Only one candidate key can be selected as a primary key
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