I have been working in the IT industry from 2008 onwards. My primary work involves administrating SQL servers. Apart from SQL, I like to learn and use new technologies which can assist a DBA for faster response and lead times. Monitoring, performance tuning, high-availability and database designing are my expertise. I also enjoy coding in platforms such as vb.net, C#, PowerShell and T-SQL.

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Importance of Basics

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2020-04-14

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Implementing Full-Text Indexes

In my previous blog we saw the Full-Text Index architecture. 

http://sqlandmorewithkruti.blogspot.in/2016/04/all-about-searching-full-text-indexes_7.html

In this blog we shall see its implementation. Before you proceed...

2016-04-13 (first published: )

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Memory Fundamentals for SQL Server - References

Book References
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Professional_SQL_Server_2012_Internals_a.html?id=-TjHHnP8ivEC

https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Microsoft_SQL_Server_2008_Internals.html?id=NJUpAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y

https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Microsoft_SQL_Server_2012_Internals.html?id=wK1CAwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

Topic Wise Blogs

32-bit / 64-bit

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/07/07/understanding-the-vas-reservation-aka-memtoleave-in-sql-server.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187499(v=sql.105).aspx

/3GB Switch, /PAE Switch, AWE

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/beatrice/2008/08/29/3gb-pae-and-awe-taking-away-some-confusion/

http://blogs.technet.com/b/marcelofartura/archive/2006/09/14/3gb-pae-awe-what-basic.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/b/perfguru/archive/2007/12/05/scenarios-using-3gb-and-pae-switch-and-appropriate-uses-of-these-switches.aspx

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/chadboyd/2007/03/24/pae-and-3gb-and-awe-oh-my/

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/04/29/413425.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/06/03/424905.aspx

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2010/10/12/tsql-tuesday-11-misconceptions-enable-awe-on-64bit-sql-servers.aspx

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/08/24/troubleshooting-the-sql-server-memory-leak-or-understanding-sql-server-memory-usage.aspx

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/07/07/understanding-the-vas-reservation-aka-memtoleave-in-sql-server.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189334(v=sql.105).aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175581(v=sql.105).aspx

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/psssql/2009/09/11/fun-with-locked-pages-awe-task-manager-and-the-working-set/

SQLOS / Processes/ Threads/ CPU Models

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlmeditation/archive/2012/12/13/tasks-worker-threads-scheduler-threads-explain-it-all-and-dmvs.aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189267(v=sql.105).aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176043(v=sql.105).aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee210547(v=sql.105).aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/library/ms178074.aspx

https://mssqlwiki.com/2013/01/10/sql-server-operating-system-sos-series-1/

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqljourney/2012/12/16/an-in-depth-look-at-sql-server-memorypart-1/

http://www.practicalsqldba.com/2012/07/sql-server-sql-server-scheduler.html

SQL Memory Components

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/03/18/398651.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/08/30/458036.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/02/19/376714.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc293624.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188754.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176083.aspx

Keep Learning, Keep Exploring, Keep Experimenting 
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2016-03-15

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Question of the Day

Adding and Dropping Columns II

I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList]
(
[CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1),
[CityName] [varchar] (30) ,
[Country2] [char] (3),
[stateprovince2] [char] (2),
[Country] [char] (3),
[stateprovince] [char]
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
I decide to drop the stateprovince2 and country2 columns. What code should I use?

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