Analyzing and detecting performance problems is a big part of a DBA's job and also one of the more difficult ones to learn. New author Terry Troisi brings us a few things that you can use the next time your server spikes to 100% CPU.
It has been widely publicized that Analysis Services 2005 uses XML for Analysis 1.1 (XMLA) as its only network protocol for communication between client and server. XMLA is standard public protocol defined by XMLA council and full description can be found at www.xmla.org
One thing that often amazes me is that many SQL Server developers do not actually measure the performance of their queries. Many of them thought that you needed external tools, more or less complicated, to run against your server, and they did not have the time or inclination to learn and try these. This article will describe a couple of much easier methods of measuring performance of queries.
Peter runs DeBetta Software , a consulting firm that develops data-driven enterprise solutions. He is also a programming instructor for Wintellect, a training and consulting company, and a frequent speaker on SQL Server and other subjects.
Have you ever lost data when using CAST or CONVERT in T-SQL? There is an interesting behavior that probably has caused problems for quite a few people, and one you should be aware of. New author Aries J. Manlig brings us a look at this documented, but mostly unheard of behavior.
A frustrating thing for those who open and close Query Analyzer all day long about the new Visual Studio interface for SQL Server is the load speed. This quick blog shows you how to speed up the load time with a switch change.
This paper describes user instances in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and how you can use them to simplify adding database functionality to your Visual Studio projects.
SQL Server 2000 has table valued functions that are very useful in many ways. However when you try to limit results with the ROWCOUNT setting, you can end up with some strange results. Peter He brings us a comprehensive look at some of the unpredictable results that you can get and how to code around them.
A few months ago, I posted an article here at DBJ named How to Pass Access Data Across the Web. One reader expressed concern over using the Microsoft Internet Explorer library because of security issues. While I do not share his fear, I appreciate that others might, so I began to think about how the process could be enhanced by substituting a Web Service for the traditional ASP/Querystring web page approach described in the article. What follows is the fruit of those labors.
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I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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