SQL Server 2016 Stretch Database
SQL Server 2016 brings a new feature called Stretch Database, which allows a database to keep transactional data on local instance and warm and cold data on the Azure SQL database platform.
2015-11-16
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Articles
Hash Joins on Nullable Columns
Paul White explores some less well-known query optimizer features and limitations, and explains the reasons for extremely poor hash join performance in a specific case.
2015-11-16
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Capture Execution Plan Warnings using Extended Events
Erin Stellato of SQLskills shows how to use Extended Events to monitor for query plans with certain characteristics, such as joins missing predicates, columns missing statistics, and unmatched filtered indexes.
2015-11-13
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How to Install and Configure Baseline Collector Solution V2
In this article I go through the installation and configuration processes of my Baseline Collector Solution.
2015-11-12
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Automating Your SQL Server Best Practice Reports: The Document
If you're making a report from table-based data, an MS Word document is often a good option. In the second part of his introduction to SQL Server best-practice monitoring, Laerte Junior shows how to use PowerShell scripts to create a Word-based report with colour-coded alerts where there are problems or best practices aren't being followed.
2015-11-12
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2015-11-11
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SQL Prompt Tips #5 - Current Statement Execution
Learn how a new feature in SQL Prompt 6.4 can help you avoid costly mistakes in coding.
2015-11-11 (first published: 2015-01-12)
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Extended Statistics and Oracle 12c
David Fitzjarrell looks at how and why to use a feature called Automatic Column Group Detection to recognize column dependencies and create extended statistics on recognized groups in Oracle 12.1.0.2.
2015-11-11
3,177 reads
Add Dependencies to a SQL Server Resource in Windows 2003
In this article, see how to add a dependency to a SQL Server Resource in a Windows 2003 cluster.
2015-11-10
1,154 reads
Introduction to PolyBase in SQL Server 2016 - Part 1
One of the features introduced in SQL Server 2016 is PolyBase. The goal of PolyBase is to make interacting with unstructured, semi-structured and non-relational data stored in Hadoop as easy as writing Transact-SQL statements. Edwin Sarmiento explains.
2015-11-10
3,022 reads
Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
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Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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