SQL Server – Change in Identity() Property during transactions
Recently while working on a scenario I found that in case of transaction if you are doing insertion operation on...
2016-05-16
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Tempdb Metadata Contention in SQL Server – Table Variable Vs Temporary Table
In SQL Server, the concurrent creation of temporary tables from many sessions can lead to tempdb metadata contention. Tempdb metadata contention does not affect the concurrent creation of table...
2016-05-15
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AlwaysOn Availability Groups Synchronous Replica Readable Secondary Data Access Latency
With SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups, when you configure a secondary in synchronous-commit mode for read-only access, there can be data access latency. If you make changes to your...
2016-05-15
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Seek or Scan – Cost Based Optimizer in SQL Server
When SQL Server has a choice of plans, it will compare the cost among a set of execution plans and will choose the cheapest one. In some cases, even...
2016-05-15
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Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads – SQL Server Configuration Parameter
SQL Server configuration parameter “optimized for ad hoc workloads” can be very useful when you execute lots of single use ad hoc statements or dynamic SQL statements by reducing...
2016-05-15
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Extended Event Locks Lock Waits in SQL Server
When it comes to lock waits, one of the important information we need to know is which statement waited for locks and how long. This is possible with extended...
2016-05-15
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Extended Event Query Post Execution Showplan in SQL Server
Query Post Execution Showplan event is a very useful event to find problematic queries and execution plans based on CPU usage or duration while analyzing performance issues. It can...
2016-05-15
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PAGELATCH Waits with Update Statements in SQL Server – PAGELATCH_EX and PAGELATCH_SH
In SQL Server, concurrent writes or read / write to the same page can lead to PAGELATCH (like PAGELATCH_EX and PAGELATCH_SH) waits or what is knowns as PAGELATCH contention....
2016-05-15
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Tempdb Allocation Contention in SQL Server
In SQL Server, the concurrent creation of temporary objects (temporary tables and table variables) from many sessions can lead to tempdb allocation contention. This contention occurs on PFS and...
2016-05-15
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In-Memory OLTP Memory Optimized Table Variables Vs Disk Based Table Variable in SQL Server
Starting SQL Server 2014, it is possible to use memory optimized table variables. These are table variables declared using a table type which is memory optimized. Memory optimized table...
2016-05-15
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RegEx Functions IV
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^D', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers