During Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, one of the DBas asked what is the most optimal value for Max Worker Threads. The question was indeed asked when my customer looked at the value of Max Worker Threads in the Processor sections of the Server Property, they were really worried. The default value of the Max Worker Threads is always set to zero.
SQL SERVER – How to DELETE Multiple Table Together Via SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)?
Question: How to DELETE Multiple Table Together Via SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)?
SQL SERVER – Performance Comparison IN vs OR
Some questions never get old and some question and I believe we will be discussing them for many more years in the future. Just other days, I received this question during my SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop. The question was about Performance Comparison IN vs OR. Though personally, I have answered this question quite a many times before, let us answer it once again, it never hurts to repeat the truth multiple times.
SQL SERVER – SSMS 17.7 Observation – Two Miscellaneous Category in Database Property Options
First of all this observation is only applicable if you are using SSMS 17.7 build. It was very interesting to me that I was able to find two Miscellaneous categories in Database Property Option for SQL Server. Please note the version of SQL Server which I have connected to SSMS 17.7 is also SQL Server 2017. If you try following on any other SSMS version you may not get the same results.
SQL SERVER – How to Fix CONVERT_IMPLICIT Warnings?
One of the biggest issues I see with at various of my customer who signed up at Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, is about CONVERT_IMPLICIT. As soon as I demonstrate my customer that they are not getting performance due to CONVERT_IMPLICIT their next question is how can they fix the issue of CONVERT_IMPLICIT. In this single blog post, we will learn about how to find this issue and fix it as well.
How to Find Cardinality or Uniqueness for any Column? – Interview Question of the Week #177
Question: How to Find Cardinality or Uniqueness for any Column?
SQL SERVER – Script to Identify Memory Used By Each Database
During the last SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop, I was asked a very interesting question by an attendee. The question goes like if there is any script available which users can use and figure out if how much memory used by each of the databases. Fortunately, I was lucky that I have a script handy which exactly does the same task.
Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.
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