Happy Thanksgiving Readers!

I wanted to take a moment and wish an easy week in the office and a Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
 

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What is the SQL Server Trustworthy database property?

I ran across an interesting property set in a SQL Server database for a customer, the property is called “Trustworthy”. ...

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Why did my execution plan change?

As a SQL Server DBA it is important to understand why and how the SQL engine works.  Understanding as much...

Should you update stats for your SQL Server database?

Statistics on database objects are very important to the SQL Server engine optimizing execution plans and running at the most...

Steps to Create an In-Memory table for SQL Server

Creating a table to be in memory compared to standard tables that use the files on disk can have several...

Using MAXDOP to fix a performance problem

As DBA’s we are sometimes put in a rock and hard place when it comes to database performance.  This situation...

Helpful Undocumented Stored Procedure “sp_MsForEachDB”

This week’s post will be a short one to talk about a very helpful stored procedure in SQL Server called...

Always On SQL Server Replica in a Disconnected State

Sometimes the SQL logs and application logs provide some great info in regards to errors and issues.  When building an...

Async Network IO SQL Wait

Over the last few days we have been tracking down the cause of some really high async network IO waits. ...