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SQL Server: Forwarded Records


Identifying complex columns in records

How do we distinguish a normal variable length column value from one containing a complex value like a row-overflow pointer, back pointer or a sparse vector?

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Anatomy of a forwarded record – the back pointer

Written on Thursday, June 09, 2011 by Mark S. Rasmussen in SQL Server: Internals, SQL Server: Forwarded Records

Learn how a forwarded record in a heap stores a back pointer that refers to the original record from where it's forwarded.

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Anatomy of a forwarded record – the forwarding stub

Written on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 by Mark S. Rasmussen in SQL Server: Internals, SQL Server: Forwarded Records

Learn the internals of how a record gets forwarded in a heap. Specifically we'll look at the forwarding stub that is left behind, pointing at the forwarded record.

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