Checking tablespace Usage & Availability in Oracle
View each tablespace in oracle and the amount of allocated disk space used.
Partitions in SQL Server: A collection Of Thoughts
Like when I started writing about Dates in SQL Server, a couple of notes on partitioning has turned into a series… And not one I’m so happy with (I had a lot to cover and at the same time a lack of a bigger picture direction). Rather than ramble on about aspects of partitioning in…
Partitions in SQL Server: Partitioning a Table on a non Primary Key Column
In my series on partitioning, I’ve looked at creating a fact table partitioned by date. But I recently came across a case where I’d got data which had a date which should be used for the partition, however there was also a natural key in the data which should be maintained as a primary key.…
Partitions in SQL Server: Partition an Existing Fact Table (by date)
Picking up on my series on partitioning, previously I looked at Partitions in SQL Server: Creating a Partitioned Fact Table (by date) now I’m going to look into splitting an existing table into partitions. A key thing to remember is that the moving of data on disk can be time consuming and cause locks. The approaches…
Partitions in SQL Server: Creating a Partitioned Fact Table (by date)
I want to demonstrate a simple, yet common style partitioned fact table. I’ll also include here some handy bits of SQL to help along the way.
Partitions in SQL Server: Function Definitions, LEFT vs RIGHT
In my first article Partitions in SQL Server: Creating a Partitioned Table, I briefly covered the difference between LEFT and RIGHT in partition function definitions. Here I have a comparison of the two.
Partitions in SQL Server: Creating a Partitioned Table
Partitions are now a common feature in most DBMS environments, although the syntax and functionality varies between implementations. Here I’m looking at the fundamentals of partitioned tables in SQL Server.