Reproduce traditional row-lock accumulation and writer blocking, then see how SQL Server 2025 uses transaction ID locking and Lock After Qualification to improve concurrency—and where hints, isolation levels, and query shapes limit the benefit.
2026-09-23
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See how SQL Server 2025 uses Optional Parameter Plan Optimization to create separate plans for selective and unfiltered searches, how to verify the dispatcher and variants, and when dynamic SQL or recompilation is still the better choice.
2026-09-14
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Learn about the latest version of SQL Server and get help installing it on your system.
2026-05-04
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Introduction SQL Server 2025 introduced new features, including vectors. The main purpose of vectors is to create a new semantic search with the help of AI. Modern AI models represent text as vectors (embeddings) that capture semantic meaning. Similar meanings produce vectors that are close to each other in this vector space, allowing AI systems to […]
2026-03-23
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By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
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With regard to SQL Server 2025's Vector support, what is an embedding?
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