The Scary DBA

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Be Kind

Simply put, we are not always going to agree. Please, take this as someone who was nicknamed “The Scary DBA” for reasons comic and tragic. I’ve screwed up a...

2020-02-18 (first published: )

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Extended Events: Histogram Output

The single most important thing to remember about Extended Events is that this functionality is not simply a replacement for Profiler/Trace, but a whole new tool with new functionality....

2020-02-14 (first published: )

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Profiler: Time To Go

I’ve decided that, in fact, it is time to start moving people off the ancient technology, Profiler. Before, I always said, stay where you’re comfortable. However, keeping people comfortable...

2020-02-06 (first published: )

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Execution Plans: First Operator

The first time you see a new execution plan that you’re examining to fix a performance problem, something broken, whatever, you should always start by looking at the first...

2020-01-14 (first published: )

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Superseded Indexes

Which of these indexes is superseded by another?

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