Two scripts I share with clients all the time: they show the plan cache and data cache in memory, with cached plans by size and cached pages by table.
SQL SERVER – ORDER BY ColumnName vs ORDER BY ColumnNumber
I strongly favor ORDER BY ColumnName over ORDER BY ColumnNumber. The performance is the same, but here is why column numbers are risky in real code.
SQL SERVER – Server Side Paging in SQL Server Denali – Part2
Part 2 of server side paging in SQL Server Denali: a reader keeps rows per page and page number in a table, and OFFSET and FETCH can read them from there.
SQL SERVER – Index Created on View not Used Often – Observation of the View – Part 2
A reader asked what happens when we create an index on the base table as well as on the view. Part 2 of my observation of the view looks at both cases.
geometry Collections: Read Members With STGeometryN
geometry Collections hold member shapes that STGeometryN can return individually. I extract a point and a line from one fixed collection. A third request deliberately exceeds its member count.
SQL SERVER – Index Created on View not Used Often – Observation of the View
When is an index created on view actually used? After showing it is often ignored, I demonstrate a condition where SQL Server uses it, including NOEXPAND.
SQL SERVER – Index Created on View not Used Often – Limitation of the View 12
At my Hyderabad seminar someone asked: will an Index Created on a view be used when you query the view? Not always. Limitation 12 of views explained.