SQL Server on David Cumps

SQL Tips

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Various SQL oriented tips discovered during work, written down to remember them.

Efficient Compound Index Usage

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0200

Today I was made aware by Filip, a colleague of mine, about the importance of columns used in a where clause with a compound index. I decided to investigate this a bit more in detail, with proper profiling and comparisons on a large data set.

Search File Contents

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200

When using the Windows Search functionality, you can search for words inside files. By default this doesn’t seem to work for .sql or .php files however.

Extracting stored procedure content via SQL

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0200

Some nifty SQL statements I made last week:

Firstly, listing all databases on a server.