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Statistics Modification Counter

SQL SERVER – Statistics Modification Counter – sys.dm_db_stats_properties

June 1, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL Statistics

Let us learn about it in today’s blog post about the Statistics Modification Counter. The answers to this question is also very simple.

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buffer pool

SQL SERVER – Data Pages In Memory Buffer Pool – sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors

May 27, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Buffer Pool, SQL DMV, SQL Index, SQL Memory, SQL Server

We reached the point to investigate the data in memory for a single database. Here is the script to list all the database pages in SQL Server Buffer Pool.

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Tables in TempDB

SQL SERVER – List All Memory Optimized Tables in TempDB

May 15, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, In-Memory OLTP, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB

I received a very interesting question from my client. The question was about how to list all the Memory Optimized Tables in TempDB.

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Memory Optimized TempDB

SQL SERVER 2019 – Memory-Optimized TempDB and RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE Wait Type

May 14, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, In-Memory OLTP, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB

After looking at the execution plan, I realized it was actually built for a very simple query. Today let us discuss Memory-Optimized TempDB and Performance.

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Visible Offline

SQL SERVER – Visible Offline Scheduler and Performance

May 12, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
CPU Scheduler, CPU Threads, SQL CPU, SQL DMV

Not every problem is complex but all the problems are for sure interesting. Today we will discuss Visible Offline Scheduler and Performance. 

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SQL SERVER – Resolving Last Page Insert PAGELATCH_EX Contention Changing Primary Key to Non-Clustered

May 11, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
oStress, Primary Key, SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Identity, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Wait Stats, SSMS, Stress Testing

You can change your clustered primary key to Non-clustered Primary Key and can get the benefit of performance by reducing Pagelatch_EX.

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Last Page Insert

SQL SERVER – Last Page Insert PAGELATCH_EX Contention Due to Identity Column

May 5, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
oStress, Primary Key, SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Identity, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Wait Stats, SSMS, Stress Testing

Today’s goal is to understand what is the Last Page Insert PAGELATCH_EX Contention Due to Primary Key. Let us start understanding it together.

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