sp_updatestats Is Not Smart
No, I don’t mean the use of sp_updatestats is not smart. It’s a fine, quick mechanism for getting statistics updated in your system. But the procedure itself is not smart. I keep seeing stuff like...
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Common Table Expressions Are Not Tables
There’s power in naming things. Supposedly some types of magic are even based on knowing the correct names for things. The name for the T-SQL clause Common Table Expression (CTE) is actually pretty...
View Articlesp_updatestats Is Not Smart
No, I don’t mean the use of sp_updatestats is not smart. It’s a fine, quick mechanism for getting statistics updated in your system. But the procedure itself is not smart. I keep seeing stuff like...
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Common Table Expressions Are Not Tables
There’s power in naming things. Supposedly some types of magic are even based on knowing the correct names for things. The name for the T-SQL clause Common Table Expression (CTE) is actually pretty...
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