Why people think some SQL Server 2000 behaviors live on… 12 years later
A long, long time ago in a galaxy you can reach out and touch right now, ORDER BY in a VIEW meant something. If you had a view like the following: CREATE VIEW dbo.Rubbish...
Monthly Archive: February 2012
Bad Habits to Kick : Believing everything you hear or read
I read a statement on a forum recently that said something like: IDENTITY columns are the primary key, and primary keys are clustered. Wow. My first thought was, "I hope people aren't learning from...
Two new cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 R2 are available!
Last night Microsoft released two new cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 R2: Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 KB #2659694 Build 10.50.2806 16 fixes, including a nasty SCOPE_IDENTITY() bug and...
Upgrading to SQL Server 2012 with Lock Pages in Memory
During SQL Server 2012 RC0 setup (specifically when upgrading), you may have noticed upgrade rules regarding Lock Pages in Memory (LPIM): However, for most folks, these rules always pass, whether or not they are...