Will You Run Out Of INT And BIGINT Identities In SQL Server?
In the war over Identities vs GUIDs as clustered indexes, one of the arguments in favor of Unique Identifiers is that you may run out of numbers when using a …
Index Basics: Hidden Costs Associated With Indexes
I have a confession. When I was a developer, I didn’t understand indexes in SQL Server. I rarely added them to my tables, and when I did there was not …
Encrypting Passwords Using EncryptByPassPhrase
While storing passwords in a database may be a common practice, storing them properly usually isn’t so common. This is part of a storing passwords blog series where we will examine …
Storing Passwords In A SQL Server Database
While storing passwords in a database may be a common practice, storing them properly usually isn’t so common. This is the first of a series of posts where we will …
Index Basics: Nonclustered Indexes, Part 1
In SQL Server, an index is used to speed the retrieval of data from a table. Indexes are built from one or more columns in the table, and SQL Server uses these Indexes …
Index Basics: Clustered Indexes
In SQL Server, an index is used to speed the retrieval of data from a table. Indexes are built from one or more columns in the table, and SQL Server uses these Indexes …
Why you should not prefix your stored procedures with “sp_”
One nasty habit that seems to persist throughout the ages with developers (I even did it myself) is the tendency to put “sp_” at the beginning of stored procedure names …
NOLOCK may not be doing what you think it does
When working with developers, I’ve noticed that some have a tendency to put WITH (NOLOCK) on every table in a SELECT query. When I inquire about this, the typical response I …