Off late I have been writing tons of content working with SQL Server 2016. Some of the cool capabilities was to introduce the ability to update a ColumnStore index. This was also covered in the SQL SERVER 2016: Updating Non-Clustered ColumnStore Index Enhancement earlier. One of the readers asked me an interesting question about being inside SQL Server 2012 and they wanted to write / update their data on the ColumnStore enabled system and what was the process for them. The email started saying they were getting the following error.
SQL SERVER – ShowPlan XML Additions for ColumnStore Indexes
The last time when I wrote about ColumnsStore FAQ, one of the readers had an interesting question. The question was around how to identify the traits of using a column store inside an execution plan. The very thought got me thinking. I was thinking where to start. I remembered that ShowPlan XML was a great way to see some of these attributes. The very next question that came up, what should one look forward to inside a ShowPlan XML.
SQL SERVER InMemory OLTP: Understanding Optimistic Multi-Version Concurrency Concepts
InMemory is an awesome concept and I have been fortunate to learn about the same from my friends in the industry over blogs. It holds deep concepts and is sometimes tough to understand how the building blocks come together. I am not the only one doing the exploration, but a number of you also do and pass those learnings to me via your interesting questions. Thanks to each one of you who take a moment to ask me some of these questions that shake the fundamentals and make my understanding stronger. In the same lines, one of the readers wrote back to me after reading the MSDN on InMemory OLTP, what does the concepts of Optimistic multi-version concurrency really mean. On first thought, it looks simple, but the question was very loaded.
SQL SERVER – Performance counter missing! DMV sys.dm_os_performance_counters is Empty
The topic around performance tuning is the most sought out search on this blog. Almost every single day the top search that lands here are around performance or around some random errors one might receive from the application. If you are a DBA, the first high level tool that you…
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Blogging has never been an easy task. With close to 9 years of non-stop learning and sharing has got me into a rhythm that I rarely miss a single day without writing one. Over these years, there is one topic area that gets most number of hits based on subject.…
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SQL Server 2016 – Enhancements with TempDB
SQL Server 2016 is loaded with tons of new enhancements that I can’t get enough of it. I have been playing around with the bits since multiple CTP’s and it is getting difficult to catch up on all the releases coming so fast and the number of enhancements from performance and scalability point of view have been too many to track. Let us see in this blog post Enhancements with TempDB in SQL Server 2016.
SQL SERVER 2016 – Comparing Execution Plans
New tools bring new capabilities and sometimes these are ingrained deep into the product that we can easily miss them out. And SQL Server 2016 is no different. After installing the CTP, I was pleasantly surprised to see this addition to help our DBA’s who are doing performance tuning and…
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