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sort in tempdb

SQL SERVER – Two Advantages of Sort in TempDB Options

January 19, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB

A client of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check asked me the advantages of enabling Sort in TempDB Options. Let us learn.

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compressed delay

SQL SERVER – Compression Delay for Columnstore Index

January 11, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
ColumnStore Index, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Today we will talk about the Compression Delay for Columnstore Index which I got the first-hand experience with my client of Performance Health Check.

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SQL SERVER – Columnstore Index and Fragementation

January 7, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
ColumnStore Index, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

One of the questions I had received from a client was about how to find out fragmentation in columnstore index. Let us discuss it today. 

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Find the Count

SQL SERVER – Find Count of Table Used in Query From Cache

January 4, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Cache, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

we had an interesting situation where we wanted to Find the Count of Table Used in Query From Cache. Let us see how we can do that in today’s blog post. 

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goal optimizer

SQL SERVER – Disable Rowgoal Optimizer

December 28, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, Query Hint, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

In my career, this is I think 2 or 3 rd time I have seen this one, so do not consider this as a generic solution. How to Disable Rowgoal Optimizer works?

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Rows Read

SQL SERVER – Number of Rows Read – Execution Plan

December 25, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, Execution Plan, SQL Index, SSMS

Recently one of the clients sent me images from the execution plan and his question was about the Number of Rows Read in the SQL Server Execution plan.

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Index Level

SQL SERVER – Fill Factor – Instance Level or Index Level

December 23, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Fill Factor, SQL Index

One of the conversations that keep on coming up at what level one should set the fill factor – Instance Level or Index Level.

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