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Why Query Cost Percentages in a Plan Mislead You

December 5, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Performance, SQL Server

Test why query cost percentages are estimates by comparing two statements with STATISTICS IO, TIME, and query DMV counters.

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Comparing a Good and a Bad Plan for One Query in Query Store

December 3, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, Query Store, SQL Performance, SQL Server

Compare a good and a bad plan in Query Store using runtime history, SSMS Compare Showplan, estimates, joins, grants, and parallelism.

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MemoryGrantInfo – What are Different Status of IsMemoryGrantFeedbackAdjusted? – Interview Question of the Week #253

December 1, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Memory, SQL Server

Question: What are Different Status of IsMemoryGrantFeedbackAdjusted (MemoryGrantInfo Property)? Today we will see a consolidated answer to this question.

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How to Disable Batch Mode in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #252

November 24, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
ColumnStore Index, SQL Index, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

My immediate reaction was why would you disable batch mode in SQL Server when it is really is an awesome feature for performance

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Finding Regressed Queries in Query Store After a Deployment

November 20, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, Query Store, SQL CPU, SQL Server

Find regressed queries in Query Store using weighted before-and-after duration and CPU, then compare plans and changed procedure text.

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Granting Read Access to One Schema With GRANT SELECT ON SCHEMA

November 19, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Schema, SQL Login, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

Use GRANT SELECT ON SCHEMA for focused read access, test a loginless user, and check ownership chains and table-level DENY behavior.

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How to Determine Read Intensive and Write Intensive Tables in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #251

November 17, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Determine Read Intensive and Write Intensive Tables in SQL Server?

Answer: The script is very simple and lets us see in the blog.

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