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Part 3- Writing the Stored Procedure to Backup a Database: Part B

Part 2- Writing the Stored Procedure to Backup a Database: Part A

Part 1 - An Overview of the Default SQL Server Installation

Part 2 - My How Things Have Changed - A Video Walk-Through of Som...

Part 5 - Writing the Stored Procedure to Copy a Database

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Pt. 5 - What Are 'Ghost Records'? What Happens Internally When You Delete a Row? - Training Video
Category: Architecture: System Databases, System Tables, and SQL Server Internals

Skill Level: 500 (Advanced)
Duration: 5:00
Size: 4.81MB
Versions/Editions Covered: SQL Server 2005
Added/Updated: May 02, 2007

This is the fifth video of a series of 5 highly advanced and extensive videos about page splits. This incredible video houses a variety of some phenomenal information. There is some SQL Server advanced knowledge required to get the most out of this video. You can expect to see the following items within this video:

Reviewing Ghost Records
Introduction and definition of m_ghostRecCnt
Introduction and explanation of Housekeeping Threads
Real life examples of housekeeping threads
Limitations when deleting records before housekeeping threads remove GhostRecords
Definition and explanation of correct terminology when utilizing fn_dblog() function

Renowned trainer, Scott Whigham, has completed this video series maximizing your knowledge on page splits by utilizing his years of experience and training to teach us about ghost records. 100 percent of this video is dedicated to ghost records. If you have never heard of ghost records or are just looking to freshen your memory, this is the video for you. All skill levels can understand and follow this video and will be better off for having watched it. This is an excellent conclusion to a series of already absolutely fantastic videos.

NOTE: This description was written by one of our members, Wayne Leiser. Thanks, Wayne!

Tags for this video: ghost record ghost records internally delete row m_ghostRecCnt

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This video is part of the following video series: "Understanding SQL Server Page Structure: How Page Splits Affect Performance"

This essential video series will be teaching you about the different types of functions and how, why and what happens when a page splits and how it affects you!

Highlights:
Building a Clustered Index in TSQL Overview
Discussion about Page Types
Introduction to the use of the OBJECT_NAME() function
Page Types, Byte Length, Page Splits, m_freeCnt
Introduction to SQL 2005's Dynamic Management Objects (DMs)
About fragementation when page splits occur
Detailed explanation of the undocumented FN_DBLOG() function
Introduction and explanation of Housekeeping Threads and Ghost Records

To view all videos in this series, click here

About the Instructor:

Scott Whigham is the founder of LearnItFirst.com, one of the web's most extensive video training libraries focusing on technical training. Scott is also an experienced consultant, trainer, and author with more than a decade of hands-on experience working with SQL Server databases, writing and debugging applications using Visual Studio, and performance tuning. Scott designed the architecture (websites, class libraries, and database) for the LearnItFirst.com websites and, most re... (Scott Whigham's full bio can be found on the About the Author page)

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