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SQL Server Execution Plan.

SQL SERVER – Execution Plans and Indexing Strategies – Quick Guide

February 9, 2026
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, Execution Plan, Query Hint, SQL Index

Let us learn today in this quick guide Execution Plans and Indexing Strategies. Your comments are welcome

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A cartoon server room with a robot and a beach chair.

SQL SERVER and AI – Setting Up an MCP Server for Natural Language Tuning

October 27, 2025
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
AI

Let us learn more about SQL SERVER and AI – Setting Up an MCP Server for Natural Language Tuning. Detailed Instructions.

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JSON vs XML

SQL SERVER Performance – JSON vs XML

August 26, 2025
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
JSON, SQL XML

What started as a simple recommendation turned into a comprehensive benchmarking exercise. Let us see blog post about JSON vs XML.

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Farmers running down road with query performance train.

SQL SERVER Performance: When MAXDOP = 1 Slowed Down the Entire Business

July 25, 2025
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, MAXDOP, SQL CPU, SQL Wait Stats

Slow reports, slow transactions, and the internal team could not find why. In this case study, MAXDOP = 1 was quietly slowing down the entire business.

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Catching Non-SARGable Queries in Action.

SQL SERVER – Catching Non-SARGable Queries in Action

April 23, 2025
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, Execution Plan, Performance Schema, SQL Index

If you ever wondered why a query that looks harmless is performing poorly despite having indexes in place, the answer could non-SARGable queries.

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key lookup

SQL SERVER Performance Tuning: Catching Key Lookup in Action

April 3, 2025
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, Execution Plan, SQL Index

In this blog post, we’ll explore what a Key Lookup is, how to spot it, and most importantly, how to eliminate it using a covering index.

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with recompile

SQL SERVER – Understanding WITH RECOMPILE in Stored Procedures

November 25, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Recompile, SQL Stored Procedure

The culprit? Parameter sniffing. The solution? You guessed it: WITH RECOMPILE. Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check

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