As more shops begin automating build and deployment pipelines, it’s critical to learn about containerization. In this article, Mircea Oprea walks you through deploying an ASP.NET Core API in a Docker container.
2019-11-12
A forum question came up a few days ago regarding an abnormally large procedural cache. In an attempt to help out, I threw together a few ideas (some wrong, some right) and started looking at the types of query that were in the cache. A lot of the queries were in the format select * […]
2019-11-11
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Code Tuning | Data Comparison | T-SQL Samples - In this tip we look at a simple way to compare the output from two different queries that are supposed to provide the same output to make sure the query results are exactly the same for both.
2019-11-11
With 2020 just around the corner, organizations of all shapes and sizes are considering what the next 12 months plans should look like. Here is what you need to know about including the database in your plans.
2019-11-11
Randy starts a multiple part series on tuning queries. We've asked Randy to really start from scratch and walk through the process. This week he takes a look at viewing query plans in Query Analyzer.
2019-11-08 (first published: 2003-08-19)
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In this video Brent takes a 40-minute look at some of his favorite new features: deferred compilation for table variables, adaptive memory grants, adaptive joins, and air_quote_actual plans
2019-11-08
When growth was expected on the horizon for Fiducia & GAD, hiring more DBAs was not an option. With SQL Monitor they were able to scale at an unprecedented rate- 150 new servers and 70+ applications in one year.
2019-11-07
Before including the database in your DevOps pipeline, you’ll need to decide if you are going to use a state-based or migrations-based approach. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains the difference between them and discusses the benefits of each.
2019-11-07
SQL Server Post Update Failure | Troubleshooting - In this tip we look at the steps to recover missing SQL Server mssqlsystemresource database files that cause SQL Server not to startup. This can occur when an update to SQL Server does not complete successfully therefore making these files absent from the folder where they need to reside.
2019-11-06
Learn how to implement a report that recursively walks a hierarchy in a table.
2019-11-05
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I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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Redgate had some Claude training recently, which I went through as my knowledge has...
By Steve Jones
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I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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