Announcing the 5th Edition of SQL Server 2017 Query Performance Tuning
I am quite excited to announce that the latest, most up to date, and by far the largest, copy of...
2018-09-18
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The Scary DBA
Query Store and Log Backups
A question that came up recently around Query Store is what happens when there are log backups in use on...
2018-09-17
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3rd Edition, SQL Server Execution Plans, a Story
Four years ago, after a bunch of dithering and some negotiations with Tony Davis, my editor, I started to update...
2018-09-21 (first published: 2018-09-12)
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Estimated Plans and Forced Plans from Query Store
While all plans are estimated plans, there is still a difference between capturing an estimated plan and looking at a...
2018-09-20 (first published: 2018-09-10)
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Back to University, Redgate University
Let’s be really clear, Redgate makes ingeniously simple tools. That’s a fact. Nothing has changed. However, if you really want...
2018-09-03
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Why I Love Extended Events, Reason 394: Customize Live Data
There are so many reasons to love Extended Events that it can really be overwhelming, but, one more reason that...
2018-08-27
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SQL in the City Summit
This fall, in October, Redgate Software will be hosting three, live, in-person events. These events will take place in New...
2018-09-03 (first published: 2018-08-21)
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Actual Execution Plan Costs
Why don’t “actual execution plans” have “actual execution plan costs”? This is a question and a myth I have to...
2018-08-20
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Rant: There Is No NoSQL Data Storage Engine
Do I need relational or NoSQL? How does NoSQL help me scale? Will I get paid better with NoSQL or...
2018-09-07 (first published: 2018-08-15)
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Measuring Query Execution Time: What Is Most Accurate
Probably the single most important factor when deciding which query to tune, or actively tuning a query, is how you...
2018-08-28 (first published: 2018-08-13)
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Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
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Detecting Deadlocks
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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