The most important performance-tuning technique available is having the needed indexes created on the tables to ensure that the SQL Server database engine is able to get the data that it needs to as ...

First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads. Here's how columnstore indexes work and what types of data work ...

SQL Server 2012 includes a lot of new and exciting features. One feature that has caught the imagination of many in the user community is the high-performance feature called Columnstore Indexes.

Different types of indexs in sql server What are clustered indexes What are NonClustred indexes Difference between clustred and non clustred indexes A clustered index determines the physical order of ...

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There are no major differences between a unique constraint and a unique index. -In fact when you add a unique constraint, a unique index gets created behind the scenes By default a Primary key ...

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Are you ready to unlock the power of Microsoft SQL Server 2014? In this blog entry I will examine my 3 favorite new features that show how SQL Server 2014 provides high-performance OLTP, optimization ...