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11 March 2009 22:14

Does a GUID make a good clustered key?

I've covered the use of unique identifiers ( guids ) in my presentations and in my articles on anlysing indexes; however I probably wasn't quite as succinct as I could have been. So do I like unique identifiers as clustered keys? Absolutely not...
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26 May 2008 15:07

Covering Clustered Indexes

I’ve noticed that of late I’ve become a bit more critical of a well known publication that I suspect many DBA’s read. I have subscriptions to a number of publications and for the ones that I pay for I’m generally quite content. I like paper / hard copy...
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13 September 2007 10:14

Analysing Indexes at SQLBits

Seems I've been selected to present at SQLBits on my work on Index Analysis. So a thankyou for those who voted for my presentation. I just noticed this post http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlcat/archive/2007/09/12/sqlcat-tracks-at-2007-sql-pass.aspx?CommentPosted...
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