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A couple of questions:<BR>First about index selection where if your WHERE criteria doesn't include the first column in a non-clustered index the server will NOT use the index. i.e.: You search for ...

As with everything, there are trade-offs when it comes to indexes. That said, this discussion focuses on query optimi­zation by looking at table indexes or the lack thereof. A sign of a good database ...

I'm very new to C# (and kinda new to Windows programming in general, I do mostly embedded work) but here's a pretty simple question:<BR><BR>I'm trying to setup a list view that has a decent number of ...

SQL Server 2012 includes a lot of new and exciting features. One feature that has caught the imagination of many in the user community is the high-performance feature called Columnstore Indexes.