Setting the Sample Rate for Auto Stats updates
SQL Server functionality can move on pretty quickly sometimes, and it’s not always all about the big features but the...
2017-09-12
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SQL Server functionality can move on pretty quickly sometimes, and it’s not always all about the big features but the...
2017-09-12
2,263 reads
A while ago now I was running some Performance Tuning workshops and was asked how you can find out which Statistics...
2017-09-01
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I thought I’d do another chess puzzle this month. This one is a variant on the Eight Queens problem:
SQL Puzzle...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-08-22)
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I mentioned in my previous post about manually updating statistics that you can specify whether they’re updated using a full...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-08-15)
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In the monthly SQL blogging party that is T-SQL Tuesday (brainchild of Adam Machanic), Kendra Little has invited us this...
2017-08-08
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Even though SQL Server automatically updates statistics in the background for you, you may find there are times when you...
2017-08-01
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I’ve mentioned previously how not having up to date statistics can cause problems in query performance. This post looks at...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-07-25)
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There was a bit of chat today on the SQL Community slack about UTC and Daylight Saving Time. It reminded...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-07-19)
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This puzzle was first proposed in 1848 by a composer of chess puzzles called Max Bezzel and has since spawned...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-07-19)
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T-SQL Tuesday
For T-SQL Tuesday this month Raul Gonzalez has asked us all to blog about lessons learnt the hard way:
http://www.sqldoubleg.com/2017/07/03/tsql2sday-92-lessons-learned-the-hard-way/
My...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-07-11)
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By Steve Jones
It’s Prime Day. A few of my recommendations, since I want to do some...
With Fabric Mirroring, Microsoft is promoting a nice and appealing story for operational reporting...
If you’ve been watching AI roll through the data community and thinking, “this seems...
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I have this code on SQL Server 2022. What happens when it runs all at once?
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.Commission GO CREATE TABLE dbo.Commission (id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT CommissionPK PRIMARY KEY , salesperson VARCHAR(20) , commission VARCHAR(20) ) GO INSERT dbo.Commission ( salesperson, commission) VALUES ( 'Brian', 12 ), ( 'Brian', 'None' ) GOSee possible answers