Every SQL Server developer has heard it: "Don't use NOLOCK in production!" But this common rule isn't as simple as it seems. Sometimes, what seems like a bad practice can actually be the right choice. Let's explain what NOLOCK really does in simple terms. When you use NOLOCK, you're telling SQL Server "just show me […]
2024-12-09
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What is a distributed monolith vs. a microservice architecture? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2024-12-06
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Let’s say we have a couple of update statements we need to run every 15 minutes in the Stack Overflow database, and we’ve built indexes to support them:
2024-11-20
Learn about different ways to improve the performance of full wild card text searches to find strings in SQL Server tables.
2024-11-01
This article will explore how SQL Server chained CTEs might make troubleshooting code harder and whether you should stop using CTEs altogether.
2024-10-23
Learn how to use the SQL Server Query Store to find CPU-intensive queries and how you can use Query Store to resolve these issues.
2024-10-09
This article explores how raising the Cost Threshold for Parallelism (CTFP) affects missing index recommendations in SQL Server along with examples.
2024-09-25
Steve has a few thoughts on the tradeoff between getting work done quickly and producing well performing code.
2024-09-18
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In this article, we examine the effect of local variables on T-SQL queries and how these could potentially cause performance issues.
2024-08-23
Steve has a few thoughts on invisible downtime, a term he had never heard until recently.
2024-05-22
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