That Awkward Moment When….
Let's be honest - some of our best learning experiences come from our mistakes. Here's one of mine....
2019-04-05
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Pam Mooney
Isolation Levels in SQL Server
Do your eyes start to cross whenever you think about isolation levels? Mine did, too. Here's how I keep it all straight.
2019-04-03
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Distributed Replay Utility – The Search for the Cure
The Complaint(s) When I was young, I went to nursing school. In school, we were taught that in order to come up with a proper diagnosis, the doctor first...
2019-04-01
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The Distributed Replay Utility: Replaying for Real (Where Could It Possibly Go Wrong)?
The Short Answer? (In at least a couple of places) When I first learned about the DRU, I was very excited about the possibilities. I began to play with...
2019-03-28
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Capture/Replay a Sample Workload on the Distributed Replay Utility
Part I: Capture a Workload Make a backup of the database(s) in question, as it will be necessary for the replay. Using the TSQL Replay template, fire up Profiler...
2019-03-26
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Improving Performance of the Distributed Replay Utility on SQL Server 2012
Setup the DRU What is it? The Distributed Replay Utility (DRU) on SQL Server allows you to capture Profiler trace information on one or more client servers and then...
2019-03-24
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Question of the Day
Locking Hierarchies
You have a table [dbo].[orders] without a Clustered Index (Heap). The table does not have any other nonclustered indexes! You rund the following command in Read Committed Isolation Level:
SELECTo_orderdate,
o_orderkey,
o_custkey,
o_storekey
FROMdbo.orders
WHEREo_orderkey = 3877;