Identifying Blocking via Extended Events
There are a number of ways that you can identify blocking that is occurring in your SQL instance. You can...
2015-02-24
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There are a number of ways that you can identify blocking that is occurring in your SQL instance. You can...
2015-02-24
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I have recently seen some “bad plans” being generated by the optimiser and from investigation, the cause came down to...
2015-01-20
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I know it’s late but I’ve been away, I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year.
I...
2015-01-05
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The new SQL Server 2014 feature In-Memory OLTP (code-named “Hekaton”) has been attracting a lot of interest since its release,...
2014-12-09
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A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by Webucator (an online training company) asking if they could use my...
2014-12-11 (first published: 2014-12-05)
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I’m actually quite proud of the fact that I’ve now been doing this for a year now (and that I’m...
2014-11-07
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Each time you view a seek/scan operator in an execution plan, you may have noticed that there’s a value for...
2014-11-04
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Following on from my last blog post I now want to run through how to identify large queries using Extended...
2014-10-06 (first published: 2014-10-01)
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Who are your worst offenders? By offenders I mean, queries that are consuming the most resources on your server(s).
I know...
2014-09-17 (first published: 2014-09-11)
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Performance tuning often gets called an art as people feel that a certain knack or innate talent comes into play....
2014-09-04 (first published: 2014-08-28)
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This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...
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What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers