sp_locks is a useful tool which can help a DBA in detecting and troubleshooting blocking and concurrency scenarios. This article demonstrates a worked example of using sp_locks to troubleshoot a database concurrency issue.
2010-11-30
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This article will show you the importance of Indexed Views and how they can help performance.
2013-05-10 (first published: 2010-11-16)
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Check and foreign key constraint do not degrade performance but actually improve it.
2013-04-26 (first published: 2010-10-21)
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This article demostrates how to create a Baseline repository that holds summarized data of all SQL Executions executed on an instance of SQL Server.
2010-10-18
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2010-09-15
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SQL Server transaction log files have an internal structure called the Virtual Log File or VLF. When the number of VLFs grow out of control due to autogrowth the log can become fragmented and cause delay. In this tip we look at how to see how many VLFs exist as well as how this can be reduced to a more reasonable number.
2010-09-13
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A review on the basic steps to correct a poorly performing query
2010-09-08
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Hope you got plenty of rest over your Labor Day holiday because the PASS Virtual Chapters have some great free training lined up for you.
2010-09-07
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To ensure that queries run as efficiently as possible, the database administrator needs to monitor performance to find inefficient queries. This article focuses on exploring how a DBA can monitor the I/Os against an instance of SQL Server, using Dynamic Management Objects, or more commonly know as Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) and Functions (DMFs).
2010-08-11
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A webinar from the PASS Performance VC on Aug 3, 2010
2010-08-02
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By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
By Steve Jones
I was trolling the docs and noticed the SIGN() function. I have never written...
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The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend...
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