Login Timeouts
I was recently approached at work about a company that was seeing tons of timeouts in SQL Server. I was asked how to troubleshoot this. There are lots of...
2021-09-27
9 reads
Grant Fritchey
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Volunteer For Something
I spent a chunk of the day yesterday, after work, but before working on a new book (yeah, I've got two jobs now), playing with my radios. I was programming the digital one to get it to use my Raspberry Pi as a hotspot (it used to work, now it doesn't). I also spent some […]
2021-09-25
230 reads
Containers: A Short Rant
I find myself doing more and more work with containers. Yet, I also find that a lot of people seem to be resistant to the concept. I’m always surprised...
2021-09-20
13 reads
Rewriting The Query Tuning Book
While I have not yet signed the contract, I have submitted an outline and proposal for a new version of my book on query performance tuning. Most of the...
2021-09-13
8 reads
Rewriting The Query Tuning Book
While I have not yet signed the contract, I have submitted an outline and proposal for a new version of my book on query performance tuning. Most of the...
2021-09-13
47 reads
The Leaves Are Changing, But Why?
I've recently moved house from Massachusetts to Oklahoma. Long story. Anyway, sitting in my new office looking out at the trees, some of the leaves are starting to change. Ah, Fall. Lovely Autumn colors... WAIT! Actually, something else is going on. Only a few trees are changing color. Word is, we've been a little dry […]
2021-09-04
185 reads
Filtering Extended Events Using Actions
Did you know, you can use Actions to Filter Extended Events? Well, you can. Filtering is one of the greatest ways in which Extended Events differentiates itself from other...
2021-07-26 (first published: 2021-07-19)
252 reads
Define All The Steps Up Front
After 23 years in one place, I'm pulling up stakes and moving. We're selling our house in one state in the US and we're buying a house in another state about half a continent away. To say it's a stressful and exhausting process is an understatement. The worst part is that no one has defined […]
2021-07-24
210 reads
Filtering Extended Events Using Actions
Did you know, you can use Actions to Filter Extended Events? Well, you can. Filtering is one of the greatest ways in which Extended Events differentiates itself from other...
2021-07-19
11 reads
Virtual Presentations: A Presenters Perspective
While we are clearly beginning to see in-person events on the calendar, the vast majority of presentations, events, talks, etc., are virtual. There are a lot of positives to...
2021-07-16 (first published: 2021-06-29)
139 reads
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers