DMV Comparison for SQL Server 2019 vs Azure SQL Database
What DMVs were added to Azure SQL Databases, and which DMVs are missing from Azure SQL Databases but still exist on SQL Server 2019 or other versions?
2025-06-02
DMV
2023-12-27
483 reads
2023-12-21 (first published: 2023-12-20)
494 reads
SQLPS Meets the DMV's
This is a great wrapper for your DMV's to automate a quick performance metric capture.
2016-01-12 (first published: 2016-01-06)
428 reads
Understanding Dynamic Management Views and Functions in SQL Server 2008
Performance monitoring and optimization is an inseparable part of a DBA's activities. To optimize a poorly performing system/query or to troubleshoot the performance issues you need to know the root cause. Prior to SQL Server 2005, we had several system tables to monitor the state of the system.
2010-04-06
2,169 reads
2010-03-04
3,282 reads
SQL Server DMV Green Paper
Get a free green paper, an early access look at a new DMV book from longtime author Ian Stirk.
2010-02-02
3,224 reads
2009-06-30
3,199 reads
2009-06-22
2,872 reads
2009-06-15
3,131 reads
Blogs
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Change Tracking Data Retention Options
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Requiring Technical Debt Payments
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Using the FP-Growth Algorithm to Mine Useful Patterns in Data
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Question of the Day
Change Tracking Data Retention Options
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=4 xxx);What are the possible choices for xxx? See possible answers