The way in which SQL Server chooses to join your tables in a query can dramatically affect performance. In this article, Jason Brimhall explains how a hash match works and shows some performance numbers.
2016-05-13 (first published: 2014-03-04)
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The second Tuesday of April 2016 is now upon us and you know what that means. Well, I hope you know...
2016-04-13
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There are a lot of cool features in SQL Server that ROCK! It is really hard to pick just one with so many cool features that can make life...
2016-04-13
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Many moons ago, I posted a script to help report on the human friendly scheduling information for SSRS subscriptions. You...
2016-04-12 (first published: 2016-03-29)
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Prelude in SQL Minor
Back in late December of 2015, a challenge of sorts was issued by Tim Ford (twitter) to...
2016-04-02
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Of all the fundamental concepts within SQL Server, nothing is potentially more basic and fundamental than the often overlooked Select statement.
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SQL Agent job schedules should be easy to read for humans if for nothing else than the fact that you have to provide this information to the auditors from...
2016-03-29
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Working diligently as any good DBA might, you have established maintenance routines for each of the SQL Servers under your...
2016-03-16
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Working diligently as any good DBA might, you have established maintenance routines for each of the SQL Servers under your purview. Then a small problem occurs: Index Cannot Be...
2016-03-16
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Long Time Coming
With less than a week before the Richmond SQLSaturday event, I am finally getting this post done – maybe.
This...
2016-03-11
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While attending SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, there were a lot of announcements...
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(This is the second post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
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I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new...
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