Database Fundamentals #19: JOINS
The last Database Fundamentals post introduced the SELECT and FROM commands. We’re going to start using JOIN operations shortly, but...
2018-10-22 (first published: 2018-10-08)
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Adaptive Joins and Join Hints
At a recent all-day seminar on query performance tuning I was asked a question that I didn’t know the answer...
2018-10-10 (first published: 2018-10-01)
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Introducing Azure Data Studio
If you’re watching Microsoft Ignite or tracking the information coming out of it on social media, then you know that...
2018-10-02 (first published: 2018-09-24)
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Extended Events and Stored Procedure Parameter Values
One complaint I’ve received frequently is that you can’t see stored procedure parameter values in Extended Events. That is patently...
2018-09-24
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3rd Edition, SQL Server Execution Plans, a Story
Four years ago, after a bunch of dithering and some negotiations with Tony Davis, my editor, I started to update...
2018-09-21 (first published: 2018-09-12)
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Estimated Plans and Forced Plans from Query Store
While all plans are estimated plans, there is still a difference between capturing an estimated plan and looking at a...
2018-09-20 (first published: 2018-09-10)
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Databases and DevOps, It’s Not Just Me
Anyone who subscribes to my blog or my YouTube channel as well as anyone following me on social media knows...
2018-09-19
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Announcing the 5th Edition of SQL Server 2017 Query Performance Tuning
I am quite excited to announce that the latest, most up to date, and by far the largest, copy of...
2018-09-18
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Query Store and Log Backups
A question that came up recently around Query Store is what happens when there are log backups in use on...
2018-09-17
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Rant: There Is No NoSQL Data Storage Engine
Do I need relational or NoSQL? How does NoSQL help me scale? Will I get paid better with NoSQL or...
2018-09-07 (first published: 2018-08-15)
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