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Month: April 2017

DBA 101: Tuning lookups

April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 Daniel JanikLeave a comment

Sometimes it helps to go back to the basics and indexing is always a great topic. SQL Server has a wide variety of indexes; but, today we’re going classic and talking about Non-clustered indexes.

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Query tuning 101: What’s a probe residual?

April 17, 2017April 17, 2017 Daniel Janik1 Comment

Query tuning is an important process that will probably never go away and sharpening your tuning skills is always a good idea.

I’ve spoken on this topic many times and talked about probe residuals before. Mostly at SQL Saturday events and for some online webinars.

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DBA 101: Comparing two SQL plans

April 14, 2017 Daniel JanikLeave a comment

Simple post today: How to compare two plans in SSMS.

This task is a task that is often done by a DBA or developer who is wanting to compare changes of an index or perhaps even comparing queries between DEV and PROD.

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Way Off-topic: Why cutting the cord was right for me

April 14, 2017April 14, 2017 Daniel JanikLeave a comment

FYI: This one is way off topic so don’t expect to find any fancy SQL tips here.

I did it. I cut the cord on cable TV. I never saw this coming but a few weeks ago I decided it was time.

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T-SQL Tuesday: Finding issues with your query plan

April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 Daniel JanikLeave a comment

t-sql tuesdayThis is my first time blogging with a T-SQL Tuesday topic.  If you follow my blog you’ve probably noticed that one of the topics I enjoy the most is performance and query tuning.

While at Microsoft, I learned a lot from a lot of great people, such as Joe Sack, David Pless, and Tunji O. I try to pay forward the knowledge that these great people have bestowed on me.

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Wait Stats, Here and gone again?

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 Daniel Janik1 Comment

Microsoft recently introduced a handy new feature to query plans: waitstats. That’s right, you can get actual runtime waitstats for a query you run.

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