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Battle

COUNT(*) and COUNT(1): Performance Battle – SQL in Sixty Seconds #176

June 23, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

COUNT(*) and COUNT(1): Performance Battle – which one is better for performance? I got this question after watching my previous video.

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StarIndex

COUNT(*) and Index – SQL in Sixty Seconds #175

June 21, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Earlier I wrote two blog post on the topic of COUNT(*) and Index and today I have to build a video on that topic as many of you really wanted.

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Gouache painting of three bicycle wheels of different sizes on a rack, the smallest vermilion

Count Rows in a Heap: Which Scan Does SQL Server Use?

June 18, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Clustered Index, Execution Plan, SQL Heap, SQL Index

Count rows in a heap and SQL Server scans every page. See the plan change with a clustered and a narrow index, and why a heap does not compact its pages.

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Gouache painting of three vases in a row, the slimmest holding vermilion tulips

Index Used for COUNT(*): SQL Server Scans the Narrowest One

June 15, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, Execution Plan, SQL Index, SQL Scripts

The index used for COUNT(*) is the narrowest one that holds every row. See the pages, the scans and the reads that prove it in SQL Server.

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good or bad

Index Scans – Good or Bad? – SQL in Sixty Seconds #174

June 14, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Index Scans – Good or Bad? Lots of people ask about this question and I have built a blog post on the topic – SQL SERVER – Index Scans are Not Always Bad.

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Illustrated cover: Scans Are Not Always Bad

SQL SERVER – Index Scans are Not Always Bad

June 11, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Are Index Scans Bad? The answer No. Index Scans are Not Always Bad. This was in-depth discussed with my client during the Health Check.

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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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