Why you should not update Primary Key values
Recently I had the chance to take a look at a problematic query in an application. I caught the query in profiler and it’s the following: [crayon-5e9656615f713397718274/] The query...
2015-11-11
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Igor Micev
Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option – how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much on the forums and there are different recommendations...
2015-10-16
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Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option – how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much...
2015-10-16
187 reads
Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option - how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much...
2015-10-16
813 reads
Advice for MAXDOP setting
This post is for the MAXDOP option – how to set it in a SQL Server instance. The option is discussed much on the forums and there are different recommendations...
2015-10-16
8 reads
2015-10-07
1,391 reads
A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database...
2015-09-10
677 reads
A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database...
2015-09-10
356 reads
A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database was open for analysis. I caught the queries from...
2015-09-10
4 reads
A look on the CXPACKET wait type
I was given a task to optimize a black-box application. I wasn’t able to see its code, but the database was open for analysis. I caught the queries from...
2015-09-10
12 reads
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A Fun Computer Quote
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