Disabling SQL Server Optimizer Rules with QUERYRULEOFF
Daniel Farina shows how to disable the optimizer rules by using QUERYRULEOFF, an undocumented hint.
2016-03-09
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Articles
SQL GROUP BY Basics
It sometimes pays to go back and look at what you think you already know about SQL. Joe Celko gives a quick revision of the GROUP BY and HAVING clauses in SQL that are the bedrock of any sort of analysis of data, and comes up with some nuggets that may not be entirely obvious.
2016-03-08
6,672 reads
Deep Dive into Changing Database Collation
Changing Database Collation Through Primary keys, Foreign Keys, Default and Check Constraints and more.
2016-03-07
4,208 reads
Microsoft Data Driven SQL Server Event - Watch Live
Hear from Microsoft engineering experts on the latest features in SQL Server 2016 before the live event. Learn about new business intelligence capabilities like built-in mobile BI, fully integrated advanced analytics, security innovations, mission critical in-memory performance and new hybrid cloud solutions.
2016-03-07
3,159 reads
Performance Surprises and Assumptions : SET NOCOUNT ON
Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) revisits the impact that eliminating DONE_IN_PROC messages using SET NOCOUNT ON may or may not have on query performance
2016-03-07
5,657 reads
Data Science for SQL Folks: Leveraging SQL and R
Learn about how to build value driven analytics with SQL Server and R.
2016-03-04 (first published: 2014-11-03)
16,033 reads
SQL Server T-SQL Tuning -TVF and Scalar Functions
A UDF is very convenient for centralising business logic as we can specify a set of business logic in one UDF which references multiple stored procedures and ad-hoc queries. However, they can lead to significant performance degradation due to their demands on the CPU
2016-03-04
4,848 reads
ReadyRoll is a Fully Fledged Redgate Tool
In June last year we got in touch to let you know that Redgate acquired ReadyRoll. Over the last few months, ReadyRoll went from a one-man project to having a team of developers, testers, and support engineers behind it. Dan Nolan, the founder of ReadyRoll, is now a product manager at Redgate. And next week it’s time for ReadyRoll to become a fully-fledged Redgate tool available from www.red-gate.com.
2016-03-03
4,385 reads
The SQL Server 2016 Query Store: Built-in Reporting
One of the most important features of the SQL Server 2016's new Query Store is the reporting. With these features, it is now possible to get a wealth of information on how your query workload is performing, either aggregated for the entire query workload or for a single query. With this information, you can see the effects of 'forcing' an execution plan for specific queries and get feedback of the consequences.
2016-03-03
3,901 reads
2016-03-02
326 reads
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