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Optimize for Adhoc

Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads – SQL in Sixty Seconds #173

June 10, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Ad Hoc Query, Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration

Today we are going to discuss if we should keep Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads true or false. Let us see a detailed video about it.

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Avoid Join Hints

Avoid Join Hints – SQL in Sixty Seconds #172

June 8, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Joins, SQL Server

Question: If they can change the join hints to improve the performance of the query. Well, the reality is that I always Avoid Join Hints.

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One Query

SQL SERVER – 3 Questions Answered on One Query Many Plans

June 4, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Cache, SQL Performance, SQL Server

Yesterday I published a video One Query Many Plans – SQL in Sixty Seconds #171 and I received lots of questions on the topic.

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One Query Many Plans – SQL in Sixty Seconds #171

June 3, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL Cache, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Server

After the blog post, lots of people asked me it will be more helpful if I can create a video on the same topic of one query many plans.

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Join Type

SQL SERVER – Change Join Type for Query

April 22, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Execution Plan, SQL Joins, SQL Operator, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

“Can I Change Join Type for Query?” I was recently asked this during  Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Of course Yes!

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no work

SQL SERVER – Parallelism and Threads with No Work

April 7, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, Parallel, SQL Operator, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

One of my repeat clients asked me if a query goes to parallel do they use all the threads. We can have parallelism and thread with no work.

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Index Scan

SQL SERVER – Top 1 and Index Scan

April 1, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Index, SQL Operator, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Top, SSMS

Scans are not always bad they are there because they are needed. Let us see a very simple demonstration about Top 1 and Index Scan.

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