SQL Server Statistics Basics – Part 1
In today’s blog, we will discuss SQL Server Statistics. This is a broad category comprising of multiple concepts which will be covered in future blogs as a series. This blog will …
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CXPACKET Wait Type in SQL Server
In today’s blog post, you will be reading about the CXPACKET Wait Type in SQL Server. Three primary things that we will be looking into are: What is CXPACKET Wait Type? …
Read MoreWhy are Missing Index Hints Missing
This blog post first appeared on SQLMaestros Let’s understand a few reasons why SQL Server (sometimes) does not show missing index hints. We are using AdventureWorks2016 database for the demo. Let’s …
Read MoreSSMS & ADS – July 2020 Release
This blog post first appeared on SQLMaestros SQL Server Management Studio 18.6 and Azure Data Studio July 2020 release, 1.20. Your favourite SSMS has been updated again. Version 18.6 is released. The …
Read MoreDouble Read – Reading The Same Record Twice
In this blog post, we will observe Double Read Phenomenon in SQL Server. You will see how the same record is read twice in a single SELECT query/operation. First watch this …
Read MoreDeadlock Due To Bookmark Lookups
In this blog post, we will see how deadlocks can happen in SQL Server due to Bookmark Lookups. Let’s create a dummy table WideWorldImporters & associated indexes. This will be our …
Read MoreFaster INSERTs in Tempdb – Optimized/Minimal Tempdb Logging
This blog post first appeared on SQLMaestros In this blog post, we will see how SQL Server optimises Tempdb logging for faster CRUD operations. For the purpose of this tutorial, we …
Read MoreSARGABILITY, CAST, CONVERT & More…
This blog post first appeared on SQLMaestros . The phrase Sargability is quite popular in SQL Server world. Wikipedia says: “In relational databases, a condition (or predicate) in a query is …
Read MoreSQL Server Index Internals – Clustered Index Seek (Range Scan)
In this video, you will understand what really Clustered Index Seek means and why it can be misleading, sometimes. You can also visit DataPlatformGeeks (DPG) Video Library to watch more videos …
Read MoreTroubleshooting SQL Server IO Performance/Bottleneck – Part 4 – PAGEIOLATCH Wait Type
In this video, you will understand how to use PAGEIOLATCH Wait Type metrics to detect/identify IO slowdown. You can also visit DataPlatformGeeks (DPG) Video Library to watch more videos and to …
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