Why Not Just Create Statistics?
Erik Darling looks at why you should be more interested in up to date statistics, and also why statistics outside of indexes aren’t really the most helpful thing.
2016-08-18
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statistics (data)
2016-06-15
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2016-06-10
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2016-02-24
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Custom Built Statistics
Dan Holmes shows how you can create statistics exactly the way you want within the bounds of the 200 steps available.
2015-12-09
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2014-11-18
1,522 reads
Getting the Most out of Statistics
Statistics keep track of our data and will tell SQL Server how to make the best optimization decisions. Knowing how they work can make understanding query and performance problems much easier!
2014-06-09
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2014-05-02 (first published: 2014-04-09)
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2014-01-07
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Dynamically create drop user statistics scripts
Generate script to drop any unwanted user created statistics.
2015-02-24 (first published: 2013-12-26)
1,535 reads
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