SQL SERVER – 2005 2008 – Backup, Integrity Check and Index Optimization By Ola Hallengren

Script of Backup, Integrity Check and Index Optimization are the most important scripts for any developer. SQL Expert and true SQL enthusiast Ola Hallengren is known for his excellent scripts. Please try it out and let me know what you think. The documentation is available on http://ola.hallengren.com/Documentation.html and the script…
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SQL SERVER – Removing Key Lookup – Seek Predicate – Predicate – An Interesting Observation Related to Datatypes

Recently, I have been working on Query Optimization project. While working on it, I found the following interesting observation. This entire concept may appear very simple, but if you are working in the area of query optimization and server tuning, you will find such useful hints. Before we start, let…
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SQL SERVER – Comic Slow Query – SQL Joke

Community TechDays at Ahmedabad was a great successful event. In fact, this can be considered the biggest event held in Ahmedabad thus far along with the community. I have posted a detailed report of the same at Community TechDays in Ahmedabad – A Successful Event. After the event, I received many emails requesting the comic slow query I had shown in my presentation.

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