Database Engine Tuning Advisor
I would love to see the Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA) pulled from the product. Completely. Heck, I feel bad that...
2015-05-26
826 reads
Grant Fritchey
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Is Performance Better With LEFT JOIN or RIGHT JOIN?
I tend to write my queries using LEFT JOIN. Why? Because logically I see it in my head like this:
Give...
2015-05-20 (first published: 2015-05-11)
7,083 reads
I Am Grateful For…
I’m almost done reading the book Connected (will be by the time this is published). It’s fascinating although, at least so...
2015-05-15
507 reads
Effects of Persisted Columns on Performance
I live for questions. And my favorite questions are the ones where I’m not completely sure of the answer. Those...
2015-05-13 (first published: 2015-05-05)
5,934 reads
Speaker of the Month: May 2015
I finally got out to some community events last month and got to see a bunch of great speakers. Not...
2015-05-01
508 reads
Benefits for Some, All or Only a Few
As a member of the PASS Board of Directors I attended the PASS Business Analytics Conference (BAC) recently. You can...
2015-04-27
519 reads
Azure SQL Database Firewall Settings
The new portal for managing Azure is pretty. I’m not sure I’m in love with it, but it’s pretty.
However, one...
2015-04-24 (first published: 2015-04-13)
5,255 reads
PASS Board Update: April 2015
It’s been a pretty interesting month on the board.
First, we did have a little problem. I’m sure one or two...
2015-04-23
531 reads
Query Hash Formula Changes Between Versions
The question came up on SQL Server Central that someone wanted to track queries on their 2008R2 instance and on...
2015-04-21
628 reads
Azure SQL Database v12 and SQL Magazine
I spend many of my evenings researching and writing. Sometimes it’s writing new books. Sometimes it’s fixing and rewriting old...
2015-04-16
685 reads
Blogs
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
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