How to get Live Execution Plan using Extended Events
Introduction
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were supposed to troubleshoot a long running expensive query that...
2019-03-06 (first published: 2019-02-19)
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Do You Have a SQL Server Estate?
At Redgate, we do a lot of research. Maybe not as much as Microsoft Research, but we are always trying...
2019-02-19
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Finding single use plans in the plan cache
A single use plan is an entry in the SQL Server plan cache that was only used once. When a...
2019-03-07 (first published: 2019-02-19)
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COUNT, DISTINCT, and NULLs
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
One thing I see fairly often (and am occasionally guilty of myself) is using COUNT(DISTINCT)...
2019-03-05 (first published: 2019-02-19)
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COUNT, DISTINCT, and NULLs
Watch this week's video on YouTube
One thing I see fairly often (and am occasionally guilty of myself) is using COUNT(DISTINCT) and DISTINCT interchangeably to get an idea of the...
2019-02-19
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COUNT, DISTINCT, and NULLs
Watch this week's video on YouTube
One thing I see fairly often (and am occasionally guilty of myself) is using COUNT(DISTINCT) and DISTINCT interchangeably to get an idea of the...
2019-02-19
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SQL Server, What's In My Buffer Cache?
When SQL Server reads pages it stores them in an area of memory called the buffer cache, things like memory...
2019-03-06 (first published: 2019-02-19)
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Interview with Uwe Ricken
I have just done my first interview! The very special guest was Uwe Ricken!
My idea for the interview was...
2019-02-19
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Speaking at SQLBits in March 2019
I’m super excited about the fact I’ll be speaking at SQLBits this year. It’s my first time as a speaker...
2019-02-18
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Upcoming SQLpassion Trainings
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2019-02-18
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Blogs
T-SQLTuesday 204: Are blogs still relevant?
This month’s blogging party is hosted by Jeff Ianucci – his challenge is to...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
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Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers