Kevin O'Donovan

Software developer for the last 17 years (gulp), writing such things as compilers/debuggers, scientific libraries, radar image processing tools, etc, though mostly database apps for the last 8 or 9 years.
Currently senior developer for a newly formed software development division for Mersey Docks & Harbour Company

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SQL Server Auto-settings: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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Azure Cloud Chronicles with Microsoft MVPs YouTube Channel

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Has the PK been used --

You're analyzing a query execution plan in SQL Server to determine whether the query optimizer chose to use a primary key index. Which Dynamic Management View (DMV) would you use to verify the usage of the primary key in the plan?

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