TSQL_SCALAR_UDF_INLINING is the database scoped setting that switches scalar UDF inlining off. This post builds a demo database, proves with execution counts that inlining is on or off, and shows the narrower switches at function and query level. It ends with the undo statement.
Creating Covering Index to Eliminate Join – SQL in Sixty Seconds #090
How to improve performance so today we are going to see a video about creating converting index to eliminate join and improve query performance.
SQL SERVER – 7 Follow Up Answers to Remove Bookmark Lookup
My video on bookmark lookups brought many questions. Here are 7 follow up answers to remove bookmark lookup doubts, starting with STATISTICS IO overhead.
Day Name From Date in SQL Server: DATENAME, FORMAT and More
Finding the day name from date values takes one function, but three methods exist, and they differ on language and speed. This post compares DATENAME, FORMAT and a formula that ignores language and DATEFIRST. It measures all three on a million rows and shows how the session language changes the result.
What is Full Outer Join With Exclusion? – Interview Question of the Week #286
Question: What is Full Outer Join With Exclusion?
Answer: I got this question after reading my earlier blog post about Basic of JOINs.
Temp Tables For Destruction: Why the Counter Stays Near Zero
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.
Column Statistics in SSMS: Update One With the Dialog
You can update column statistics in SSMS from the Properties window of a statistic, but a dialog gives no proof that anything happened. This post lists the steps, then uses T-SQL to prove the update with the modification counter and the sample size. It also shows why a full scan needs a statement of its own.