CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs
In this article I’ll show you how to eliminate periodic spikes in the CPU that are caused by the jobs that execute periodically. Figure 1 shows such a situation....
2016-12-01
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CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs
In this article I’ll show you how to eliminate periodic spikes in the CPU that are caused by the jobs that execute periodically. Figure 1 shows such a situation....
2016-12-01
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CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs
In this article I’ll show you how to eliminate periodic spikes in the CPU that are caused by the jobs...
2016-12-01
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CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs
In this article I’ll show you how to eliminate periodic spikes in the CPU that are caused by the jobs...
2016-12-01
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What does an Index mean to a Query
This post is about the importance of a right index to a query. The following simple query was considered. [crayon-5e81b52eda1f0195410103/] Even simple, this query was causing troubles on our production...
2016-11-11
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What does an Index mean to a Query
This post is about the importance of a right index to a query. The following simple query was considered. [crayon-5e96566159ca8644006533/] Even simple, this query was causing troubles on our production...
2016-11-11
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What does an Index mean to a Query
This post is about the importance of a right index to a query. The following simple query was considered.
SELECT
[GroupBy1].[A1] AS...
2016-11-11
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What does an Index mean to a Query
This post is about the importance of a right index to a query. The following simple query was considered.<?query --SELECT [GroupBy1].[A1]...
2016-11-11
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Connect to SQL Azure database from SSMS
In this article I’ll show you how to connect to SQL Azure database instance and create a simple database. First you have to own an Azure account. In the account you...
2016-10-11
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Connect to SQL Azure database from SSMS
In this article I’ll show you how to connect to SQL Azure database instance and create a simple database. First you have to own an Azure account. In the account you...
2016-10-11
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UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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