How to improve performance of SQL Server Queries is a common topic of discussion among many of us. Much has been said, much has been discussed. Few days back, I had an interesting discussion with one of the Junior developers regarding performance improvement of SQL Server Queries. We discussed on how by using a separate hard drive for several database objects can right away improve performance. I suggested him that non clustered index and tempdb can be created on a separate disk to improve performance.
SQL SERVER – Query Optimizer Hint ROBUST PLAN – Question to You
While cleaning up my bookmarks this week, I stumbled upon a very small interesting thing. I can proudly call myself a pro at finding stuffs, but after continuously hunting online I could not gather comprehensive information about this topic. I was actually looking for a practical example for Query Optimizer…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Performance Counters from System Views – By Kevin Mckenna
I just love social media and all the new concepts of Web 2.0. There are bloggers who are overwhelmed by the new concepts of technology and are not able to keep pace with it. But I like taking such challenges. Twitter has acquired tremendous popularity nowadays and just like everybody…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Profiler – Summary
Introduction SQL Server Profiler is a powerful tool that is available with SQL Server since a long time; however, it has mostly been underutilized by DBAs. SQL Server Profiler can perform various significant functions such as tracing what is running under the SQL Server Engine’s hood, and finding out how…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Automated Index Defragmentation Script
Index Defragmentation is one of the key processes to significantly improve performance of any database. Index fragments occur when any transaction takes place in database table. Fragmentation typically happens owing to insert, update and delete transactions. Having said that, fragmented data can produce unnecessary reads thereby reducing performance of heavy…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Ahmedabad SQL Server User Group Meeting Review – March 21, 2009
We had fun session with Ahmedabad SQL Server Usre Group last week on March 21, 2009. It was short session but one interesting one. We discussed about how query profiler works and how to find most popular query from SQL Server instance. We had also prepared Trace Template as well…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – 2008 – Location of Activity Monitor – Where is SQL Serve Activity Monitor Located
I received question from Aloke Sinha after reading my article SQL SERVER – 2008 – Activity Monitor is Empty – Fix Activity Monitor for All Users. Hello Pinalbhai, Thank you for your post about activity monitor, but I can not find activity monitor under Menu — Tools. How to activate…
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