This metric reports the number of connections that are currently blocked, divided by the total count of current connections.
Most well-balanced SQL Servers will have some degree of blocking. This metric attempts to measure the impact of lead blocking queries against other queries. Higher values indicate that many connections are being blocked, and queries should be tuned to reduce the amount of contention.
2013-06-07
3,144 reads
Join us for a free day of SQL Server Training on June 8, 2013. There's also a Friday Preconference Training Day with Jonathan Kehayias and Joseph Sack.
2013-06-03
2,465 reads
We're looking for scripts that you use in your daily job to find, fix, and solve issues in your environment.
2013-05-30
1,766 reads
This custom metric adds Brent Ozar's popular SP_Blitz scripts to Red Gate SQL Monitor. It looks for configuration, security, health and performance problems, and reports back with a list of issues for you to look into. It’s great for quickly understanding the state of a server you've been asked to look after.
2013-05-29
3,470 reads
Red Gate Software is bringing SQL in the City, the popular free training event, back to the US in three new cities. This October, the events will take place in Pasadena, Atlanta and Charlotte.
2013-05-28 (first published: 2013-05-24)
1,590 reads
Red Gate Books has released SQL Server Transaction Log Management, a free eBook on maintaining and troubleshooting the enigmatic transaction log based on the Stairway Series.
2013-05-23
1,500 reads
SQLServerCentral and Red Gate software have agreed to host the AdventureWorks database on the Azure platform and give free access to anyone that wants to practice querying it.
2013-05-20
2,223 reads
2013-05-15
3,345 reads
On Thursday May 16th 12PM Central time, Robert Davis will discuss public facing websites on a global scale when looking at Data Architecture.
2013-05-14
3,400 reads
2013-05-14
2,764 reads
By Brian Kelley
I picked up Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On...
With the PBIR format of Power BI reports, it’s much easier to make report...
By Steve Jones
As we close out the year, I decided to drop this post here and...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Oldest Article
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Happy New Year 2025
How does this capture multiple values from a cursor, and put them into an...
What's the oldest article on SQL Server Central (take a guess)?
See possible answers