Why sp_prepare Isn’t as “Good” as sp_executesql for Performance
Erik Darling shows how execution plan estimates suffer.
2018-04-18
3,318 reads
Articles
Fixing system database corruption with setup.exe
Corruption of the system databases is a serious matter. Setup.exe is a brute force method of replacing them.
2018-04-17
974 reads
Recover Data in SQL Server AWS RDS with the Help of BACPAC
With Amazon RDS, it’s easy to have a SQL Server running in minutes. There are some limitations, though. Seth Delconte explains a workaround to overcome one of the limitations: the inability to restore a second copy of a database to recover missing data.
2018-04-17
2,672 reads
Using T-SQL to Detect Stock Price Reversals with the RSI
Rick Dobson explains the Relative Strength Index (RSI), and shows how to create a TSQL script that computes the RSI for a stock closing price series.
2018-04-16
3,074 reads
SSIS Design Pattern - Staging Fixed Width Flat Files
Learn how to load fixed width flat files to staging tables in this article from Samuel Vanga.
2018-04-13 (first published: 2015-10-06)
11,537 reads
How to find a specific text string in a SQL Server Stored Procedure, Function, View or Trigger
How can I accurately find which SQL Server Stored Procedures, Views or Functions are using a specific text string, which can be a table name or anything like a string starting with 'XYZ'?
2018-04-13
5,279 reads
Monitor Query Performance Using Query Store in SQL Server
The Query Store captures a history of queries, execution plans, and runtime statistics, which persist within SQL Server and can be reviewed later.
2018-04-12
4,214 reads
Software Testing Skills Must Shift with AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is touching many parts of our lives and careers. Rama Anem discusses the impact of AI on software testing and how testers’ skills must adapt.
2018-04-11
2,961 reads
“Full Stack” Means “Part Time” – or Why DBAs Might Wanna Learn DevOps
Brent Ozar explains that if you're going to do continuous integration or deployment, you've got a rocky road ahead of you.
2018-04-10
4,855 reads
How to Programmatically Identify When Your SQL Server Was Last Started
Greg Larsen shows you a quick trick to programmatically script a way to identify when SQL Server was last started.
2018-04-10
3,427 reads
Blogs
Fix Slow, Bloated MSDB: Purge Old History And Add Missing Indexes
By SQLPals
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Three Ways to Use Snowflake Data in Microsoft Fabric
By James Serra
Organizations increasingly want Snowflake and Microsoft Fabric to coexist without duplicating data or fragmenting...
Deploying an Updated Model with SQL Compare 16
By Steve Jones
In a previous post, I deployed a model to a database using SQL Compare...
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The Query Optimizer and Page Density
If I have a fillfactor set to 70%, this reduces my page density to roughly 70%. Does this affect the query plans that the optimizer chooses?
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