How to improve performance so today we are going to see a video about creating converting index to eliminate join and improve query performance.
SQL SERVER – 7 Follow Up Answers to Remove Bookmark Lookup
My video on bookmark lookups brought many questions. Here are 7 follow up answers to remove bookmark lookup doubts, starting with STATISTICS IO overhead.
Remove Bookmark Lookup – SQL in Sixty Seconds #089
We fixed the query performance by removing the bookmark lookup. Let us learn about that in today’s blog post, how we can fix this issue.
Identify Index Used for Query – SQL in Sixty Seconds #088
How do you identify index used for query? It is a popular question in my health checks, and this SQL in Sixty Seconds video shows the easy way.
Multiple Aggregates in One Query: Read the Table Once
Multiple aggregates in one query read a table once, where separate subqueries read it again and again. This post measures the logical reads of two subqueries against one SELECT, uses CASE inside SUM for different filters, and shows two cases where the rewrite gains nothing or loses to an index.
How to Force Index on a SQL Server Query? – Interview Question of the Week #281
Question: How to Force Index on a SQL Server Query?
Answer: I personally do not like to force an index on any query. Let us learn together.
How to Alter Index to Add New Columns in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #278
Question: How to Alter Index to Add New Columns in SQL Server?
Answer: It is not possible to Alter Index definition to add or remove columns.