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Table Variable Stored

Where are Table Variables Stored? – SQL in Sixty Seconds #095

August 6, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Memory, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Variable, Temp Table

A very popular question we will answer today Where are Table Variables Stored? Recently I have posted a few videos on my YouTube Channel,

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eliminate join

Creating Covering Index to Eliminate Join – SQL in Sixty Seconds #090

July 29, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Index, SQL Joins, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

How to improve performance so today we are going to see a video about creating converting index to eliminate join and improve query performance.

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Remove Bookmark Lookup

SQL SERVER – 7 Follow Up Answers to Remove Bookmark Lookup

July 28, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Index, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

My video on bookmark lookups brought many questions. Here are 7 follow up answers to remove bookmark lookup doubts, starting with STATISTICS IO overhead.

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Temp Tables For Destruction: Why the Counter Stays Near Zero

July 25, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Counter, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL TempDB

The Temp Tables For Destruction counter stays flat at zero while Temp Tables Creation Rate moves, and that confuses people. This post explains what each counter counts, reads both from T-SQL, measures a creation loop, and shows that a cached temp table in a procedure moves neither counter.

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Remove Bookmark Lookup

Remove Bookmark Lookup – SQL in Sixty Seconds #089

July 22, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Index, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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.

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Index Used

Identify Index Used for Query – SQL in Sixty Seconds #088

July 17, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Index, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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.

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Query Percentage Complete: Watch a Long Query Finish

July 13, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL DMV, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts

Query percentage complete is not a column in any view, but sys.dm_exec_query_profiles reports how many rows each operator has produced against the plan’s estimate. This post builds a monitor query for a running statement, explains why a percentage can pass 100 or even run into the thousands, and shows which operators to trust.

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