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Proving a Tuning Change Worked With Before and After Numbers

March 10, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Best Practices, Query Store, SQL Performance, SQL Server

Prove a tuning change with before and after numbers from Query Store for CPU, reads, duration, and comparable execution volume.

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Listing Objects Changed Since the Last Release With modify_date

February 25, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, SQL Performance, SQL Server

modify_date shows what changed after a release, but never what was dropped. Here is a small baseline trick that fills the gap.

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SQL SERVER – Unable to Allocate Enough Memory to Start ‘SQL OS Boot’. Reduce Non-essential Memory Load or Increase System Memory

February 24, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
In-Memory OLTP, SQL Error Messages, SQL Performance, SQL Server, Starting SQL

In this blog, I would share my learning about error “Unable to allocate enough memory to start ‘SQL OS Boot’. Let us learn the workaround.

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How to Measure Resource Status on Azure? – Interview Question of the Week #264

February 16, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Azure, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Every single time when I start working with Azure, I always want to know what is the status of Azure resource status or consumption in the last hour.

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How to Measure Transactions Per Seconds in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #262

February 2, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL DMV, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Transactions, Windows

Question: How to Measure Transactions Per Seconds in SQL Server?
I have updated the script for this for Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.

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How to Recompile Stored Procedure? – Interview Question of the Week #260

January 19, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Parameter Sniffing, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

Question: How to Recompile Stored Procedure?
Answer: The answer to this question is here:

EXEC sp_recompile ‘NameofSP’

Let us read more about it.

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Why a Filtered Index Is Ignored by Parameterized Queries

January 15, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, Parameter Sniffing, SQL Index, SQL Performance

Explain why a filtered index is ignored with parameters, inspect plan warnings, and compare literal filters, RECOMPILE, and coverage fixes.

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