Performance Tuning is quite interesting and Index plays a vital role in it. A proper index can improve the performance and a bad index can hamper the performance. Here is the script from my script bank, which I use to identify unused indexes on any database. Let us see script for unused index.
SQL SERVER – Missing Index Script – Download
Performance Tuning is quite interesting and Index plays a vital role in it. A proper index can improve the performance and a bad index can hamper the performance. In this blog post we will discuss about Missing Index.
SQL SERVER – Index Created on View not Used Often – Limitation of the View 12
I have previously written on the subject SQL SERVER – The Limitations of the Views – Eleven and more…. This was indeed a very popular series and I had received lots of feedback on that topic. Today we are going to discuss something very interesting as well. Let us learn about the issue of index created on view on used often.
SQL SERVER – Activity Monitor and Performance Issue
We had a wonderful SQLAuthority News – Community Tech Days – December 11, 2010 event yesterday. During this event SQL Expert Jacob shared a very interesting story related to activity monitor.
SQL SEVER – Finding Memory Pressure – External and Internal
The following query will provide details of external and internal memory pressure. It will return the data how much portion in the existing memory is assigned to what kind of memory type.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Error While Converting Money to Decimal
Earlier I had posted quick puzzle about Converting Money and I had received a wonderful response to the same. Let us go over the solution.
The puzzle was posted here: SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Challenge – Error While Converting Money to Decimal
SQLAuthority News – Statistics Used by the Query Optimizer in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 – Microsoft Whitepaper
I recently presented session on Statistics and Best Practices in Virtual Tech Days on Nov 22, 2010. The sessions was very popular and I got many questions right after the sessions. The number question I had received was where everybody can get the further information. I am very much happy that my sessions created some curiosity for one of the most important feature of the SQL Server. Statistics are the heart of the SQL Server. Let us read about Statistics Used by the Query Optimizer in Microsoft SQL Server 2008.