Which One is Better? IN or BETWEEN?
I just had an interesting case of performance tuning: a query with multiple predicates on a very large table. Something...
2018-03-21 (first published: 2018-03-09)
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Use Filtered Statistics to Improve Performance on Very Large Tables
Let’s say you have a very large table on a SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition instance. This means: old cardinality...
2018-03-02
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What is the CXPACKET Wait Type?
This wait type indicates that parallel plans execute on the server. This wait type doesn’t necessarily means there is a...
2018-03-02
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How to Troubleshoot Waiting Tasks Without Requests in SQL Server?
Usually, when I need to troubleshoot currently running requests, I use a combination of sys.dm_exec_requests and sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks. The former retrieves...
2018-02-01
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Doing More with Less – My Productivity Guide
Houston, We Have a Problem
We are living in a crazy world. And it just gets more and more crazy all...
2018-01-28
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How to Size Your Database Files?
Let’s say you need to create a new SQL Server database, which is going to grow very fast, but you...
2018-01-18 (first published: 2018-01-08)
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What is Graph Processing in SQL Server 2017?
There is a growing need for Graph Databases in the market. This is a type of database, which is capable...
2018-01-08
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What is the Automatic Plan Correction in SQL Server 2017?
SQL Server 2017 brings a new interesting feature, that might be a game changer in some environments. I’m talking about...
2017-12-25
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SQL Saturday Nepal 2017
I had the honor to visit Nepal and participate in SQL Saturday Nepal 2017. You can visit the event website...
2017-12-23
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How to Calculate Running Totals in SQL Server
In show #84 of the SQL Server Radio Hebrew Edition, Matan and I talked about how to calculate running totals in SQL...
2017-12-01 (first published: 2017-11-19)
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Blogs
Implementing HA on MSSQL Server (AlwaysOn Availability group)in an on-premise environment (Part 1)
I am very passionate about having a disaster recovery architecture, plan and strategy. This...
I Presented with Live Captioning and Sign Language Interpreters
I had the pleasure of presenting a full-day pre-conference session on the Friday before...
What's New in SQL 2019? at the Santa Fe SQL Server User Group
By Will Assaf
Hi Santa Fe! My first remote presentation for the Santa Fe SQL Server UG...
Forums
New user wants to create test DB, which menu option?
I'm new to SQL Server and using V18.4. I want to create a new...
tempdb shrinking
Hi, Need some quick help here. I am unable to shrink tempdb files. There...
Query to fetch quarter & year from date
Hi, I am having the following query to fetch day & year of a...
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