SQL Server Quick Tips
Earlier this year I made a series of videos that were played before the start of several DBA Fundamentals presentations. These videos gave viewers something SQL related to watch while the...
2019-09-17
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Bert Wagner
Whitespace, Letter Case, and Other Things That Prevent Plan Reuse
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. Last week’s post briefly mentioned that SQL server may not reuse a query plan from cache if there is a small difference in whitespace....
2019-09-16 (first published: 2019-09-03)
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How I Troubleshoot SQL Server Execution Plans
Watch this week’s video on YouTube. Today I’m concluding my series on SQL Server execution plans by sharing the specific steps I take when troubleshooting a slow performing query....
2019-09-12 (first published: 2019-08-27)
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Tracking Who Last Changed a Row
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #118 prompt by Kevin Chant. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about different database and professional...
2019-09-10
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Tracking Who Last Changed a Row
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #118 prompt by Kevin Chant. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about different database and professional...
2019-09-10
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Whitespace, Letter Case, and Other Things That Prevent Plan Reuse
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Last week's post briefly mentioned that SQL server may not reuse a query plan from cache if there is a small difference in whitespace.
In addition...
2019-09-03
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Whitespace, Letter Case, and Other Things That Prevent Plan Reuse
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Last week's post briefly mentioned that SQL server may not reuse a query plan from cache if there is a small difference in whitespace.
In addition...
2019-09-03
4 reads
How I Troubleshoot SQL Server Execution Plans
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Part 1: Introduction to Execution Plans
Part 2: Overview of Statistics
Part 3: Reading an Execution Plan
Part 4: Commonly Troublesome Operators
Part 5: Troubleshooting Execution Plans
Today I'm...
2019-08-27
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How I Troubleshoot SQL Server Execution Plans
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Part 1: Introduction to Execution Plans
Part 2: Overview of Statistics
Part 3: Reading an Execution Plan
Part 4: Commonly Troublesome Operators
Part 5: Troubleshooting Execution Plans
Today I'm...
2019-08-27
4 reads
SQL Server Execution Plan Operators
Watch this week’s Execution Plan Operators episode on YouTube. SQL Server Execution Plan Operators When examining a query’s execution plan, certain operators tend to crop up over and over...
2019-08-26 (first published: 2019-08-13)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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