Hash Join Memory Grant Factors
Remember when that old DBA told you not to SELECT *? Erik Darling explains why.
2018-04-26
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Additional Articles
Missing Index Impact and Join Type
Erik Darling shows how missing index requests have different impact numbers depending on the query's join type.
2018-04-26
7,058 reads
SQL Server Graph Databases – Part 3: Modifying Data in a Graph Database
Modifying data in Graph Database tables is similar to working with traditional tables, but there are several things to consider. Robert Sheldon explains how to insert, update, and delete rows of Graph Database tables and explains how to use several new helper functions.
2018-04-25
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Alerts and Notfications for SQL Server Login, Database User and Role Membership Changes
Check out these scripts to create SQL Server jobs and Alerts when a login is created or dropped, a database user is added or dropped and when logins are added or removed from server roles or users are added or removed from database roles.
2018-04-24
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Spring into the Latest Features at the Luxemborg User Group
The next meeting of the Luxemborg SQL Server User Group has some great sessions planned.
2018-04-23
109 reads
How to Programmatically Identify When Your SQL Server Was Last Started
Greg Larsen shows you a quick trick to programmatically script a way to identify when SQL Server was last started.
2018-04-23
3,713 reads
How to Show the Execution Plan of a Running Query
By looking at a query execution plan, you can determine which steps are used to resolve the query. But what if you just want to find out what the query plans are for only the queries that are currently running?
2018-04-20
4,126 reads
SQL Server Graph Databases – Part 2: Querying Data in a Graph Database
Along with Graph Databases, Microsoft has introduced the new MATCH function for querying them. Robert Sheldon explains how to use the new function.
2018-04-19
3,455 reads
Why sp_prepare Isn’t as “Good” as sp_executesql for Performance
Erik Darling shows how execution plan estimates suffer.
2018-04-18
3,318 reads
Recover Data in SQL Server AWS RDS with the Help of BACPAC
With Amazon RDS, it’s easy to have a SQL Server running in minutes. There are some limitations, though. Seth Delconte explains a workaround to overcome one of the limitations: the inability to restore a second copy of a database to recover missing data.
2018-04-17
2,672 reads
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