Tag: boot page

• Where are my Rows? – Using the %%physloc%% Virtual Column

  

  2014-06-25 - DMVs & CVs, General, Series, SQL Server Internals, Storage Wednesday

  Sometimes it is helpful to know on which page exactly SQL Server has stored a particular row. You can use the undocumented %%physloc%% virtual column, together with its supporting functions sys.fn_PhysLocFormatter and sys.fn_PhysLocCracker, to find out.

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• The Secret of the Database Boot Page

  

  2014-05-28 - General, Series, SQL Server Internals, Storage Wednesday

  The database boot page contains database settings and configuration values. Read on to discover where to find this page and how to interpret its content.

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