In my last blog I explained what a columnstore index is, in this blog, we will dive into creating a clustered columnstore index and look at the performance differences...
2019-07-31 (first published: 2019-07-10)
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Recently I reviewed filtered indexes, this time let’s look at columnstore indexes. These indexes are very useful for data warehouse workloads and large tables. They can improve query performance...
2019-07-11 (first published: 2019-06-26)
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When you run a query twice, and get dramatically different run times, your first step can be to try to identify the differences in execution plans. For many that...
2019-07-05 (first published: 2019-06-19)
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In this post, we continue with another beginner’s blog of database features that may be unknown to many. Let’s take a look at filtered indexes. Many database administrators are...
2019-06-10 (first published: 2019-05-22)
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I give performance presentations at many different events to all levels of SQL Server professionals. Over time I’ve noticed that some DBAs and developers have never looked at the...
2019-05-29 (first published: 2019-05-15)
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Another quick post of simple changes you can make to your code to create more optimal execution plans. This one is on implicit conversions. An implicit conversion is when...
2019-04-29 (first published: 2019-04-17)
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One of the easiest things to fix when performance tuning queries are Key Lookups or RID Lookups. The key lookup operator occurs when the query optimizer performs an index...
2019-04-17 (first published: 2019-04-03)
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March is Women’s History Month, to celebrate the PASS Women in Technology Virtual Group (@PASS_WIT) held a webcast featuring prominent...
2019-04-09 (first published: 2019-03-20)
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