Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers

This article looks at how the parameter sniffing performance problem can be helped in SQL Server 2025 with PSPO.

Parameter Sniffing in SQL Server 2019: Adaptive Memory Grants

This week, Brent is demoing SQL Server 2019 features that he's really excited about, and they all center around a theme we all know and love: parameter sniffing.

Troubleshooting Parameter Sniffing Issues the Right Way: Part 1

Tara Kizer explains that many of you are troubleshooting Parameter Sniffing issues the wrong way in production. In this three-part series, she will show you how to troubleshoot it the right way.

Parameter Sniffing In Action

This article will demonstrate what is parameter sniffing and how can it can kill performance

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Parameter Sniffing and Sniffing Memory

This article aims to demonstrate bad parameter sniffing and its effects on memory grants.

Avoiding Parameter Sniffing in SQL Server

Parameter sniffing is when SQL Server compiles a stored procedure’s execution plan with the first parameter that has been used and then uses this plan for subsequent executions regardless of the parameters.