Database Fundamentals #20: Using the JOIN Operator, Inner Join
It is entirely possible to try to JOIN two tables on almost any field, as long as the two data...
2018-12-21 (first published: 2018-12-03)
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Redgate Reviews 2018, Predicts 2019
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Privacy and Protection in the Age of the GDPR
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Query Store and Plan Cache Plans Compared
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Bad Query Performance Tips Rebutted
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2018-11-20 (first published: 2018-11-12)
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Explicitly Drop Temporary Tables Or Wait For Cleanup?
I was recently asked if we are going to see performance differences if we explicitly drop temporary tables. I couldn’t...
2018-11-07 (first published: 2018-10-29)
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What Is Happening, Right Now, At the PASS Summit?
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Why Did a Plan Get Removed From Cache?
I was recently asked if we could tell why a plan was removed from cache. If you read this blog,...
2018-10-26 (first published: 2018-10-22)
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Using Extended Events to Capture Implicit Conversions
Using the appropriate data type to avoid conversions or implicit conversions is a fundamental approach to good T-SQL coding practices....
2018-10-24 (first published: 2018-10-15)
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