Why you should not update Primary Key values
Recently I had the chance to take a look at a problematic query in an application. I caught the query in profiler and it’s the following: [crayon-5e9656615f713397718274/] The query...
2015-11-11
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Igor Micev
Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option – how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much on the forums and there are different recommendations...
2015-10-16
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Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option – how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much...
2015-10-16
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Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option - how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much...
2015-10-16
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Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option – how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much on the forums and there are different recommendations...
2015-10-16
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2015-10-07
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A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database...
2015-09-10
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A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database...
2015-09-10
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A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database was open for analysis. I caught the queries from...
2015-09-10
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A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database was open for analysis. I caught the queries from...
2015-09-10
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A Quick Restore
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Guarding Against SQL Injection at the Database Layer (SQL Server)
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers