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SET NOCOUNT

SQL SERVER – SET NOCOUNT – Impact on Stored Procedure Performance

December 18, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Cursor, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

Recently, I solved a huge performance problem for one of my clients by just adding the SET NOCOUNT inside the stored procedure.

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clone database

SQL SERVER – Clone Database Using DBCC CLONEDATABASE

December 16, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Scripts, SQL Server

The client had a requirement that we can’t run any query SELECT queries on the production system. Clone Database Using DBCC CLONEDATABASE.

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With Join

SQL SERVER – Query Without Join Showing Query Plan With Join

December 14, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, Query Hint, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

This question often keeps on coming in my consulting engagements. Let us quickly see the answer about Query Without Join Showing Query Plan With Join.

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SQL SERVER – Persisting Sample Percentage for Statistics – PERSIST_SAMPLE_PERCENT

December 13, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

Recently I got the opportunity to work on a very new feature of Persisting Sample Percentage for Statistics. Let us learn today.

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SQL SERVER – List All the Nullable Columns in Database

December 12, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Column, SQL DMV, SQL NULL, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Recently during the consulting engagement, I needed to create a query that Lists All the Nullable Columns in Database, which I am sharing.

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SQL SERVER – APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT – Not Always Efficient

December 11, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Counter, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server 2019

After a lot of testing, I figured out that the newly introduced function is not always efficient. A newly-introduced function APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT.

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Row Mode

SQL SERVER – Row Mode and Memory Grant Feedback

December 9, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Memory Grant, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

One of the questions, which really caught my attention did this feature work with Row Mode like it does with Batch Mode. Let us discuss today.

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