SQL Prompt Gets Even Better
SQL Prompt v9 came out recently, and just when you thought they couldn’t make it better, they found a way....
2017-12-05
860 reads
New version of sp_WhoIsActive (v11.20) is available – Deployed on 123 instances in less than 1 minute
Last night, I received Adam Machanic's (b | t) newsletter "Announcing sp_whoisactive v11.20: Live Query Plans". For those who don't know...
2017-12-15 (first published: 2017-12-05)
2,496 reads
Azure SQL Database – Using sp_BlitzIndex
I was doing some normal activities on one of my Azure SQL Databases, I went to make a cup of...
2017-12-14 (first published: 2017-12-05)
1,704 reads
How to use Statistics IO to Improve Your Query Performance
SQL Server’s STATISTICS IO reporting is a great tool to help you performance tune queries.Usually the goal of performance tuning...
2017-12-05
3,547 reads
How to use Statistics IO to Improve Your Query Performance
SQL Server's STATISTICS IO reporting is a great tool to help you performance tune queries.
Usually the goal of performance tuning is to make your query run faster. One of...
2017-12-05
67 reads
New version of sp_WhoIsActive (v11.20) is available - Deployed on 123 instances in less than 1 minute
Last night, I received Adam Machanic’s (b | t) newsletter “Announcing sp_whoisactive v11.20: Live Query Plans”.
For those who don’t know about it, sp_WhoIsActive is a stored procedure that provides...
2017-12-05
29 reads
Attracting Non-Technical Speakers to Your SQLSat Events
Fellow DBA and community leader Peter Shore of the Columbus SQL PASS UG and SQLSat Columbus OH asked me via Twitter, "What is the...
2017-12-04
395 reads
Security Architecture: Knowing the Adversary
When I present or teach on a security topic, I take the time to cover the mindset of the adversary....
2017-12-13 (first published: 2017-12-04)
1,751 reads
Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 80 – TreeViz)
In this module you will learn how to use the TreeViz Custom Visual. The TreeViz is a breakdown tree that...
2017-12-12 (first published: 2017-12-04)
1,757 reads
Auto-Tuning and the #1 Mindset Problem I Had as a DBA
A few folks have asked: will auto-tuning and adaptive query plans mean the end of performance tuning jobs for SQL Server? In this week’s episode, I talk about why...
2017-12-04
22 reads
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