Which One is Better? IN or BETWEEN?
I just had an interesting case of performance tuning: a query with multiple predicates on a very large table. Something...
2018-03-21 (first published: 2018-03-09)
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Guy Glantser
What is the CXPACKET Wait Type?
This wait type indicates that parallel plans execute on the server. This wait type doesn’t necessarily means there is a...
2018-03-02
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Use Filtered Statistics to Improve Performance on Very Large Tables
Let’s say you have a very large table on a SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition instance. This means: old cardinality...
2018-03-02
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How to Troubleshoot Waiting Tasks Without Requests in SQL Server?
Usually, when I need to troubleshoot currently running requests, I use a combination of sys.dm_exec_requests and sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks. The former retrieves...
2018-02-01
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Doing More with Less – My Productivity Guide
Houston, We Have a Problem
We are living in a crazy world. And it just gets more and more crazy all...
2018-01-28
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How to Size Your Database Files?
Let’s say you need to create a new SQL Server database, which is going to grow very fast, but you...
2018-01-18 (first published: 2018-01-08)
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What is Graph Processing in SQL Server 2017?
There is a growing need for Graph Databases in the market. This is a type of database, which is capable...
2018-01-08
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What is the Automatic Plan Correction in SQL Server 2017?
SQL Server 2017 brings a new interesting feature, that might be a game changer in some environments. I’m talking about...
2017-12-25
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SQL Saturday Nepal 2017
I had the honor to visit Nepal and participate in SQL Saturday Nepal 2017. You can visit the event website...
2017-12-23
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How to Calculate Running Totals in SQL Server
In show #84 of the SQL Server Radio Hebrew Edition, Matan and I talked about how to calculate running totals in SQL...
2017-12-01 (first published: 2017-11-19)
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Blogs
The First Data Saturday is Tomorrow
By Steve Jones
Data Saturday #2 – Guatemala is tomorrow. This is the first event on the...
Daily Coping 22 Jan 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Daily Coping 21 Jan 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Forums
Grant user access to view database only
Hi I need to grant a user access to a DB on the server...
Need to strip off the beginning of a field in SELECT statement
I have this table that unfortunately has spaces in the field, which I am...
Aliasing an instance name for remote connections
It's been a long time since I set up a 2012 server. We have...
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