Cleaning up sys.dm_exec_cached_plans
Following on from my previous post in which I noticed that SQLServer itself was artificially bloating sys.dm_exec_cached_plans, the next obvious...
2010-01-27
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Dave Ballantynes blog
Microsoft – Follow best practices – Part 2
In addition to my previous post, another best practice is to not use NOLOCK and READ UNCOMMITTED transaction isolation level.
Here’s...
2010-01-25
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Microsoft – Follow best practices!
Best practice is to use parametrized queries to enable plan reuse. Will someone please tell Microsoft this.
Presently dm_exec_cached_plans on...
2010-01-22
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Age calculation with SQL Server
There seem to be many different methods being suggested to calculate an age in SQLServer. Some are quite complex but...
2009-12-08
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Phil Factor Speed Phreak SQL Challenge Number 3
The latest Phil Factor challenge is now active here . The prize has now been increased to $100...(read more)
2009-12-04
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My first useful powershell script – capturing performance counters
After playing around with powershell a bit, I managed to do something quite useful. There are a multitude of ways...
2009-11-30
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