Collation Conflicts
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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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
Happy New Year 2015
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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Book Review – SQL Server Internals: In-Memory OLTP by Kalen Delaney
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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Video – Identifying large queries using Extended Events
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)
2,359 reads
Blogging for a year!
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
435 reads
Cardinality Estimation in SQL Server
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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Identifying large queries using Extended Events
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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Identifying large queries using Server Side Traces
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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The Art of Performance Tuning
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)
8,779 reads
Website Pulse
Short blog post this time as Website Pulse contacted me a few weeks ago with a few questions about working...
2014-07-31
1,169 reads
Blogs
Microsoft finally adds Tenant Switcher for Fabric / Power BI
Praise whatever deity you believe in, because it’s finally here, a tenant switcher for...
Microsoft Releases Windows 11 ARM ISO – A Game Changer for ARM-Powered Devices
Yesterday, Microsoft released the highly anticipated Windows 11 ARM ISO image, marking a major...
Building Effective Data Governance Framework: Top Areas to Focus On
The post Building Effective Data Governance Framework: Top Areas to Focus On appeared first...
Forums
Pull mssql to Postgres
Does anyone have a script\example that would connect to SQL server instance run a...
Fill in missing hours for each VisitID during the day
create table #T ( VisitID varchar(30), ER_Date date, HR int ) insert into #T(VisitID,...
Database copy for report work load
Hi Team, I am looking for a an help, Please see my problem below....
Question of the Day
The Hash Join I
What are the two inputs called to a hash join operation in SQL Server? (choose 2)
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