Why you should not update Primary Key values
Recently I had the chance to take a look at a problematic query in an application. I caught the query in profiler and it’s the following: [crayon-5e81b52edda2c602772598/] The query...
2015-11-11
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Igor Micev
Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option – how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much on the forums and there are different recommendations...
2015-10-16
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Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option – how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much on the forums and there are different recommendations...
2015-10-16
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Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option – how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much...
2015-10-16
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Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option - how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much...
2015-10-16
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2015-10-07
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A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database was open for analysis. I caught the queries from...
2015-09-10
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A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database...
2015-09-10
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A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database...
2015-09-10
355 reads
A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database was open for analysis. I caught the queries from...
2015-09-10
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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