Are all updates split into delete-insert?
This should be another quick one.
Earlier I saw a forum post where someone asserted that SQL always executes an update...
2011-06-21
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Replaying workloads with the RML Utilities
In today's weblog posting I want to talk about replaying SQL Server workloads with
the RML Utilities. RML Utilities stands for...
2011-06-21
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PASSMN Meeting Later Today
Well folks, we’re already to the third Tuesday of June. Where’s the summer going to? That means that this afternoon...
2011-06-21
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Index Rebuild progress v2
I have actually written about this subject earlier on my Danish blog (http://www.performanceduo.com/post/Index-Rebuild-progress.aspx), but last week when working on a...
2011-06-21
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New York SQL Events - Upcoming Triple Play......
If you're in a New York State of Mind (song by Billy Joel), then you'll like the triple play of...
2011-06-21
1,338 reads
A Tale of Two Sandy Bridge Laptops
I recently bought a new teaching and presentation laptop, which is a Toshiba Portege R835-P55X, which I found at the...
2011-06-21
950 reads
Rebuild all the Indexes of a SQL Database in one go
Introduction
In my last post, I had explained what could be the best value of Fill Factor for the indexes in...
2011-06-20
5,423 reads
Miss TechEd 2011? No problem, all videos are online
While nothing beats going to a conference, the next best thing is to watch the recorded sessions. Fortunately, Microsoft has...
2011-06-20
824 reads
T-SQL Formatting Workaround (Word Macro)
Hi all! I’m on vacation this week, but I’ve cleverly scheduled this blog post so you won’t miss me too...
2011-06-20
1,577 reads
Double Hop of Doom
I recently had to battle through THE DOUBLE HOP OF DOOOOOMMM!! It was a very rewarding experience and I think...
2011-06-20
4,428 reads
Blogs
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL...
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