No Join Predicate
You could be looking at an execution plan on a query and see this message: Warning, No Join Predicate. With...
2009-09-15
3,234 reads
The Scary DBA
Editorial on SQL Server Central
My first one over there. It’s discussing whether or not you should do two things, build your own monitoring tool,...
2009-09-14
827 reads
LaRock on Monitoring
Since I just spent a bit more than half of my 24 Hours of PASSpresentation on tuning queries talking about...
2009-09-11
663 reads
Spools in Execution Plans
I got the question the other day, when are you likely to see a spool in an execution plan? Easy,...
2009-09-09
2,867 reads
Debuting: Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration
The new book is up on Amazon. I only worked on three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book and that...
2009-09-04
638 reads
SQL Server Standard Update
We’ve received wonderful support from the community. Brad McGehee has a list with great people on it who have volunteered...
2009-08-29
1,672 reads
#ActiveAugust Final Post
I haven’t done well with this. I missed a post. I missed a bunch of workouts. I put on weight....
2009-08-29
1,333 reads
PASS Board Nominations
I think the Professional Association of SQL Server users (PASS) is an extremely important organization for SQL Server DBA’s. Even...
2009-08-25
674 reads
New Book
Well, three chapters. The latest book I worked on is up at Apress. I only have three chapters in this...
2009-08-25
572 reads
What happens when you use WITH RECOMPILE
I saw this question and my immediate thought was “Well, duh, the execution plan is recreated by a recompile.” But,...
2009-08-21
1,339 reads
Blogs
It’s 2026 and I’m retired, so lets get Visual Basic 6.0 to run on Windows 11
In 1999 I released my first commercial software product. ShutOff 2000 was a Windows...
Car Update October 2026
By Steve Jones
This month I want to look at a few of the things I’ve seen...
SQL Server 2016 Has Reached End of Support. Now What?
By SQLPals
SQL Server 2016 Has Reached End of Support. Now What? On...
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Hyperscale Replicas V
I have an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition system running with a geo-replica enabled. Can I create a new geo-replica based on the current secondary geo-replica?
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