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Suspended Process

Sleeping vs Suspended Process – SQL in Sixty Seconds #122

September 10, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL DMV, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Server

There are so many different statuses of the processes in SQL Server. Let us learn today the difference between Sleeping vs Suspended Process.

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Last Compiled

When was Stored Procedure Last Compiled? – Interview Question of the Week #292

September 6, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Cache, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

Question: When was Stored Procedure Last Compiled?

Answer: Honestly, it is difficult to figure out when was the stored procedure last compiled.

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full-screen

Full-Screen Execution Plan – SQL in Sixty Seconds #117

September 4, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

There are two primary tools – 1) Execution Plan and 2) Statistics IO. In this blog post, we will see how we can get the full-screen execution plan. 

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Estimated vs Actual

Execution Plan – Estimated vs Actual – SQL in Sixty Seconds #113

August 31, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

During the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I often get the question about Estimated vs Actual Execution Plan. Let’s discuss.

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Single Column

Single Column Single Row and TABLE SCAN – SQL in Sixty Seconds #111

August 27, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Operator, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Can a single column and single row result do an entire table scan? I recently got this question in my  Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.

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WITH NOLOCK

Dirty Read with NOLOCK – SQL in Sixty Seconds #110

August 26, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, Transaction Isolation

Recently I noticed that my client has been using the WITH NOLOCK hint with their queries and expecting that it will improve the queries performance.

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move TempDB

Move TempDB for Performance – SQL in Sixty Seconds #107

August 22, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL TempDB

we figured out that they had slow overall performance because they had TempDB located on the slow drive. Today we will learn how we can move TempDB.

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