SQL Server – Columnstore Index creation error: A columnstore index cannot be created on a SPARSE column

Hi friends, as we know that in SQL Server 2012 a new feature Columnstore index was introduced which made a...

SQL Server – Various methods to generate unique number sequence

Hi all, Friends, most of the time we used ranking function like ROW_NUMBER() when it required to generate unique number...

SQL Server – Methods to find running totals of a column

HI friends, in some working scenario or during interviews we got the task to find the running totals of a...

SQL Server – Using Window ranking function with UPDATE statement

Hi friends, I was working on a scenario in which I need to assign a unique values to a column....

SQL Server – Sparse Column Property using SELECT INTO

Hi friends, in our day to day work we used SELECT…INTO clause to create replica of a table for different...

Query Store in 2016

SQL Server 2016 Blogs

Hi friends, As you all know that SQL Server CTP2 has released with new great features. Here is the list of...

Change in sys.dm_exec_query_stats in SQL Server 2016

Sys.dm_exec_query_stats is most commonly used DMO used by DBA and developers to find out the information about queries involving query...

Changes in In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016

In SQL Server 2014 a new feature In-Memory OLTP was introduced which was referred as ‘Hekaton’. This feature was introduced...

Introduction To Temporal Tables In SQL Server 2016

Hi friends, today I will get you introduced with another new feature of SQL Server 2016 i.e. Temporal Tables. SQL...