Query Tuning and Easy Solutions
TLDR: There ain’t one. I was privileged last week to be able to present a couple of sessions at the SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference (great event, I...
2022-04-18 (first published: 2022-04-11)
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TLDR: There ain’t one. I was privileged last week to be able to present a couple of sessions at the SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference (great event, I...
2022-04-18 (first published: 2022-04-11)
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Two years ago at the start of the pandemic, I wasn’t feeling great about things. I saw that quite a few others weren’t all that thrilled about how things...
2022-04-04
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I’ve watched several people recently go straight to XML when reading execution plans because they didn’t know about the execution plan properties in the first operator. Now, don’t get...
2022-03-14
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I have long been a fan of Azure Data Studio, but one shortcoming has kept me from truly adopting it: Query Plans in Azure Data Studio. Sure, there was...
2022-03-21 (first published: 2022-03-07)
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In the last few Fundamentals posts you were introduced to a couple of ways to limit and control the data stored in the tables in your database. A primary...
2022-02-28
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I recently saw a question about the Azure Data Studio Intellisense: “Why won’t intellisense in Azure Data Studio work with different schemas?” Immediately I thought, “Wait, it does.” But,...
2022-02-22
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I like Extended Events and I regularly use the Session Properties window to create and explore sessions. I’m in the window all the time, noting it’s quirks & odd...
2022-03-02 (first published: 2022-02-15)
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This is just a quick note to talk about the future, mine, yours and this blog. First, I’m not abandoning SQL Server. I’m actively working on a revision of...
2022-02-09
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We’ve always been able to look at statistics with DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS. You can even tell SHOW_STATISTICS to only give you the properties, STAT_HEADER, or histogram, HISTOGRAM. However, it’s always...
2022-02-21 (first published: 2022-02-07)
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I recently wrote an article about PostgreSQL restores (and by extension, backups) over on Simple-Talk. The restore process within PostgreSQL, without 3rd party involvement, can be a little tricky....
2022-02-14 (first published: 2022-02-03)
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By Steve Jones
I was creating a question on sp_readerrorlog and realized that this procedure is different...
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Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There Why sys.fn_dblog...
When I put together the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #202, I wasn't sure what...
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I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers