Can I Force Multiple Plans for a Query in Query Store?
Category:
query-performance
Nope.
At least, not right now.
Infographic: Conference Prep for Anxious Folk
Category:
community
, infographics
I’m honored to be heading to the Microsoft MVP Summit. I really enjoy this conference– it’s not my first time going, so I know the ropes. I’m looking forward to seeing a bunch of old friends AND to connect to lots and lots of new people.
But even though I am familiar with the conference, I have a list of things I do to get ready and prepare. That’s because…
Using YouTube Captions & Transcript to Find Content in a Long Video
Category:
query-performance
This week, I was pretty pumped to see that PASS published Erin Stellato (twitter) and Dejan Krakovic’s (linked in) excellent session on Query Store to the public.
I attended this session live at the conference, and I remembered that there was one specific part on memory limits in Query Store that I wanted to watch again. I’d jotted down a note about it, but things were flying by and my note was gibberish.
When Should I Use Explicit Transactions for Single Statements?
Category:
tsql
, sql-server
I got a great question about transactions by email recently about transactions.
New SQLChallenge: Defuse the Deadlock
Category:
monitoring-troubleshooting
, sql-server
When I first created SQLWorkbooks, I distilled what it was all about down into one sentence: “Learn SQL Server by Solving Problems.”
This month, I introduce my first SQLChallenge, which distills that down into practice. The SQLChallenge features 23 minutes of video with scripts that you can use to reproduce and solve the problem yourself.
When Were Statistics Last Updated for a Heap?
Category:
statistics
, sql-server
I got a question last week from a very smart fellow:
How can I tell when statistics were last updated for a heap?
Before I could email him back, I soon got another email in which he answered his own question.
How I Accidentally Found a Passion for Plants (#TSQL2sDay 99)
Category:
tsql-programming
For TSQL Tuesday #99, @AaronBertrand gave us an invitation to write about something we’re passionate about outside of SQL Server.