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Tips for using data types in SQL Server 2014

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Tips for using data types in SQL Server 2014 Use Date/Time data types to store date/time information separately. In SQL Server 2014 you can store the date and time information separately. For example, if you need to work with date data only, use the Date data type instead of datetime or smalldatetime to optimize storage space and simplify date modifications...

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Tips for designing SQL Server 2012 tables

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Tips for designing SQL Server 2012 tables Try to reduce the number of columns in a table. The fewer the number of columns in a table, the less space the table will use, since more rows will fit on a single data page, and less I/O overhead will be required to access the table’s data. Use char/varchar columns instead of...

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