Today, I have very interesting scenario to share with all of you. This is a true story which I encountered in my recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. It is about a very popular SQL Server setting Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads.
SQL SERVER – How to Enable Lock Pages in Memory?
Recently I received an email from user that he tried to search for solution on SQLAuthority.com for how to enable lock pages in memory but could not find a solution for it.
How to Find SQL Server Memory Use by Database and Objects? – Interview Question of the Week #121
Question: How to Find SQL Server Memory Use by Database and Objects?
SQL SERVER Management Studio – Exception of type ‘System.OutOfMemoryException’ was thrown. (mscorlib)
I was trying to help my client in generating a report large data set. After spending some time and understanding the schema, I could provide them the query to get the results. Now, he wanted to save the results in excel sheet. So, he ran the query in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), got a lot of rows as output and he hit Ctrl+C in the grid. Let us learn about System.OutOfMemoryException error.
SQL SERVER – Using dm_db_stats_properties With InMemory OLTP Tables
The whole concept of InMemory OLTP has been around for a while and still there are areas that I try to go back to learn every single time. If you are new to InMemory OLTP, I would highly recommend searching this blog for more content. For a starter, the blow blog is a great start.
What is Memory Grants Pending in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #103
Question: What is Memory Grants Pending in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – How to Find the In-Memory OLTP Tables Memory Usage on the Server
When I presented at the SQLPASS this year there were several learning that I found it interesting. Every year, this presentation preparation is something I take it seriously. I know many them turn up to learn some new tricks every single year. Hence, I invest considerable amount of time to prepare. This year I showcased several tips and tricks involving SQL Server In-Memory OLTP capability. I personally feel this feature is lesser known and never appreciated. As I was doing the session, one of the DBA asked how to find out the memory utilization of various In-Memory OLTP tables.