Before you can tackle any performance issues with a working database, you need to know which queries to work on first: The ones that are taking the most time in total, and which are the most expensive in terms of cache, CPU and disk. Although SQL Server Management Studio can help, it isn't long before you need an armoury of DMVs to provide you the statistics to find the culprits.
Unlike fine wine, database statistics do not improve with age. I recently helped out with a client who was having...
This article describes a way to parse a result set in SSIS using For each loop container, variables and SQL task.
Today Steve Jones has a little fun with titles in technology, and what we might start to call ourselves instead of DBAs.
Cursors provide a means of processing through a set of records row-by-row. However, many companies have a policy against using cursors in their SQL Server standards. This article examines the problem with cursors and alternatives to using them.
Utilize simple boolean algebra and nullable parameters to implement conditional WHERE clauses without dynamic SQL.
Using the Trace Management objects API it is possible to capture the events happening on SQL Server or indeed Analysis Services. I got to thinking that this would be a good thing to stream out in real time in StreamInsight and do some analysis “In Flight”. So here is a short video of me doing just that.
Steve Jones talks about the SQL Community and why it's so great. Hint: it's the people.
A great new project kicked off by MVP Arnie Rowland is available to people out there struggling with their careers, but looking to continue to grow them.
Why should I care and why should the database enforce it? This article from Jamin VanderBerg gives some reasons why the database is the place to enforce rules that ensure integrity.
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