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Poor Indexing Strategies

SQL SERVER – Poor Indexing Strategies – 10 Don’ts for Indexes

February 13, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

The most questions were around section Poor Indexing Strategies and that lead me to write about 10 Don’ts for Indexes. Let us talk about it today.

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slow performance

SQL SERVER – Top Reasons for Slow Performance

February 10, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Ad Hoc Query, Clustered Index, Disk, File Growth, Query Hint, SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Function, SQL Index, SQL Memory, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL TempDB, SQL Utility

Yesterday, I had asked a very simple question on twitter about the top reasons for the slow performance. Let us discuss this topic today.

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dbcc reindex

What is the Replacement of DBCC DBREINDEX? – Interview Question of the Week #263

February 9, 2020
Pinal Dave
Personal
Maintenance Plan, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

Question: What is the Replacement of DBCC DBREINDEX?

Answer: The answer to this question is very simple.

Here is the syntax:

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dynamics

SQL SERVER – Best Practices for Dynamics NAV AX CRM

February 5, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Dynamics, MAXDOP, SQL CPU, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics, SQL TempDB

In the last 3 months, I have done nearly 11 consulting engagement for Dynamics NAV AX CRM while working on Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.

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RID Lookup

SQL SERVER – Heaps, Scans and RID Lookup

January 25, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, Execution Plan, SQL Heap, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

The question was do heaps are very bad and always force a table scan? Let us learn about RID Lookup, Heaps and table scan.

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Actual Number

SQL SERVER – ColumnStore Index Displaying Actual Number of Rows To Zero

November 25, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
ColumnStore Index, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I had a very interesting conversation with their Senior DBA about ColumnStore Index Displaying Actual Number of Rows To Zero. 

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disable batch mode

How to Disable Batch Mode in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #252

November 24, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Batch Mode, ColumnStore Index, SQL Index, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

My immediate reaction was why would you disable batch mode in SQL Server when it is really is an awesome feature for performance

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