Community TechDays at Ahmedabad was a great successful event. In fact, this can be considered the biggest event held in Ahmedabad thus far along with the community. I have posted a detailed report of the same at Community TechDays in Ahmedabad – A Successful Event. After the event, I received many emails requesting the comic slow query I had shown in my presentation.
SQL SERVER – Query Optimization – Remove Bookmark Lookup – Remove RID Lookup – Remove Key Lookup – Part 3
Earlier I have written two different articles on the subject Remove Bookmark Lookup. This article is as part 3 of the original article. Please read the first two articles here before continuing reading this article.
SQL SERVER – Download Logical Query Processing Poster
You can download the poster from Itzik Ben-Gan’s T-SQL Querying page over here.
Earlier this year, I had written article on SQL SERVER – Logical Query Processing Phases – Order of Statement Execution and I had asked one question to readers. I got very good response for this question. Today, I am going to discuss about one of the errata I have made there. I had displayed the Logical Query Processing order, where I had incorrectly listed the last two operations. I have listed the operations as ORDER BY first and TOP afterwards. The fact is that TOP is always executed first and ORDER BY after that.
SQL SERVER – Interesting Observation – Query Hint – FORCE ORDER
SQL Server never stops to amaze me. As regular readers of this blog already know that besides conducting corporate training, I work on large-scale projects on query optimizations and server tuning projects. In one of the recent projects, I have noticed that a Junior Database Developer used the query hint Force Order; when I asked for details, I found out that the basic concept was not properly understood by him.
SQLAuthority News – SQL Server 2008 – The Other Side of Index – Community Tech Days
Community Tech Days are here Tomorrow in Ahmedabad on Oct 3, 2009. I will be presenting the session ‘SQL Server 2008 – The Other Side of Index’. I will be available there whole day if you want to meet and discuss SQL. I will be starting my session with following cartoon. You will have to attend the session in person to see what I am going to cover in the session.
SQL SERVER – Insert Values of Stored Procedure in Table – Use Table Valued Function
I recently got many emails requesting to write a simple article. I also got a request to explain different ways to insert the values from a stored procedure into a table. Let us quickly look at the conventional way of doing the same with Table Valued Function.
SQLAuthority News – Community Tech Days Oct 3, 2009 – Ahmedabad
Dive deep into the world of Microsoft technologies at the Community TechDays and get trained on the latest from Microsoft. Build real connections with Microsoft experts and community members, and gain the inspiration and skills needed to maximize your impact on your organization while enhancing your career. What more… You can watch some of these sessions LIVE online, from the comfort of your workstation as well.