Monitoring wait stats
This post, like last week’s, is based off the presentation I did to the DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter.
The request was...
2016-02-23
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SQL In The Wild
Q&A from the DBA Fundamentals Virtual Chapter presentation
A couple weeks ago I presented to the DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter. The presentation was recorded and is available from...
2016-02-16
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Q&A from the DBA Fundamentals Virtual Chapter presentation
A couple weeks ago I presented to the DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter. The presentation was recorded and is available from...
2016-02-16
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and other pointless query rewrites
In a similar vein to last week’s blog post… I heard an interesting comment recently. “Change that Column != 2 to...
2016-02-17 (first published: 2016-02-09)
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and other pointless query rewrites
In a similar vein to last week’s blog post… I heard an interesting comment recently. “Change that Column != 2 to...
2016-02-09
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On the addition of useless where clauses
I remember a forum thread from a while back. The question was on how to get rid of the index...
2016-02-10 (first published: 2016-02-02)
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Does an index scan always read the entire index?
No.
That’s a bit short for a blog post, so let me explain. First, the difference between a seek and a...
2016-01-26
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Stop using Task Manager to check SQL’s memory usage!
There’s two fairly common questions I see on the forums around SQL Server’s memory usage. Either the question asks why...
2016-01-19
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Natively compiled user-defined functions
One new thing that SQL Server 2016 has added is the ability to natively compile user-defined functions. Previously, native compilation,...
2016-01-19 (first published: 2016-01-12)
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Book Review 2015
It’s been a few years since I wrote a review of books I’ve read, so this isn’t going to list...
2016-01-15 (first published: 2016-01-05)
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers