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Jun17

How Much Work Each Processor (CPU) is Doing in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #178

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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Question: How Much Work Each Processor (CPU) is Doing in SQL Server?

Answer: To be honest, I have not seen this question asked in any of the interview questions so far. Actually, this question was asked by one of my clients during Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Every time whenever he logs into his system, he finds his CPU running very very high even though he had over 56 active processors. What he really wanted to know what exactly is going on behind the scene of his processors. He really wanted to figure out, how busy his servers are and how much work is pending per Processor (CPU)?

Jun16

SQL SERVER – Adding Values WITH OVER and PARTITION BY

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Ranking Functions, SQL Function, SQL Order By, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Once in a while, I get questions where users have indeed explained the question well enough that I can easily understand their question. If I understand question quickly, I am always able to answer it efficiently as well. In this blog post, we will see one such question which I answered with keywords WITH OVER and PARTITION BY.

Jun15

SQL SERVER – Optimal Value Max Worker Threads

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Server

During Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, one of the DBas asked what is the most optimal value for Max Worker Threads. The question was indeed asked when my customer looked at the value of Max Worker Threads in the Processor sections of the Server Property, they were really worried. The default value of the Max Worker Threads is always set to zero.

Jun14

SQL SERVER – How to DELETE Multiple Table Together Via SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

Question: How to DELETE Multiple Table Together Via SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)?

Jun13

SQL SERVER – Performance Comparison IN vs OR

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Function, SQL Operator, SQL Server

Some questions never get old and some question and I believe we will be discussing them for many more years in the future. Just other days, I received this question during my SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop. The question was about Performance Comparison IN vs OR. Though personally, I have answered this question quite a many times before, let us answer it once again, it never hurts to repeat the truth multiple times.

Jun12

SQL SERVER – SSMS 17.7 Observation – Two Miscellaneous Category in Database Property Options

Pinal Dave

SQL Puzzle

Bug, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

First of all this observation is only applicable if you are using SSMS 17.7 build. It was very interesting to me that I was able to find two Miscellaneous categories in Database Property Option for SQL Server. Please note the version of SQL Server which I have connected to SSMS 17.7 is also SQL Server 2017. If you try following on any other SSMS version you may not get the same results.

Jun11

SQL SERVER – How to Fix CONVERT_IMPLICIT Warnings?

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

One of the biggest issues I see with at various of my customer who signed up at Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, is about CONVERT_IMPLICIT. As soon as I demonstrate my customer that they are not getting performance due to CONVERT_IMPLICIT their next question is how can they fix the issue of CONVERT_IMPLICIT. In this single blog post, we will learn about how to find this issue and fix it as well.

Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 100 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

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