Identify Poorly Performing Query Plan Operators – Analyzing SQL Server Query Plans – Part 2
I recently released a Pluralsight Course Analyzing SQL Server Query Plans, and it is really doing great in terms of viewership and I have received some really great comments and feedback about this course. This week, I will be discussing different aspe …
Using Five Types of JOIN in MYSQL
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Managing Recursive Group on SSRS Reporting Services Reports
This article explains how to manage recursive queries on SSRS report. We will see how to: implement Tablix and DocumentMap. manage calculation and formulas offered by the SSRS layer format properly the report manage conditional formatting The final rep …
Set yourself up for success in 2020
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SQL SERVER 2019 is Released!
SQL SERVER 2019 is released today. You can get started immediately with it. It makes sense to release today as it is the first day of MSIgnite 2019 in Orlando and the first day SQLPASS day in Seattle.Here is the link for downloading SQL Server 2019.SQL …
How to Think Like the SQL Server Engine: Using Statistics to Build Query Plans
In our last episode, SQL Server was picking between index seeks and table scans, dancing along the tipping point to figure out which one would be more efficient for a query. One of my favorite things about SQL Server is the sheer number of things it ha …
SQL Server 2019 is out…now.
After just one release candidate, Microsoft has decided it’s ready to go, apparently! Well, kinda: the official build in the release notes is 15.0.2000.5, and there’s already a “servicing update” to 15.0.2070.41. I’m not s …
Capture Query Plans Using Extended Events and Traces – Analyzing SQL Server Query Plans – Part 1
I recently released a Pluralsight Course Analyzing SQL Server Query Plans, and it is really doing great in terms of viewership and I have received some really great comments and feedback about this course. This week, I will be discussing different aspe …
Glenn’s Tech Insights For November 4, 2019
(Glenn’s Tech Insights… used to be part of our bi-weekly newsletter but we decided to make it a regular blog post instead so it can get more visibility. It covers interesting new hardware and software developments that are generally releva …
How to filter non-existing records in SQL
Introduction Developing predefined reports in addition to all the ad-hoc queries have been a part of my daily activities. Often I find my stakeholders asking me to prepare reports in which they want to know something that has never happened. It might s …
Make SQL Server monitoring part of your deployment process for 2020
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How to Use GOTO command in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #249
Question: How to Use GOTO command in SQL Server?Answer: While I am not a great fan of this command let us see a simple example of how GOTO works in SQL Server. Basically, this statement changes the flow of the execution. While running the SQL code wher …
SQL SERVER – Stored Procedure and RETURN Keyword
Earlier today while working on Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we landed up a very interesting situation where we had to debug a stored procedure. The stored procedure was very long and we had to debug that one step at a time. Let us l …
My Annual Black Friday Sale is On Now! Save 50-82%.
The time is finally here, the moment you’ve been waiting for all year: your chance to save 50-82% on my training classes and online services. Everything on the site is 50% off during November, but you can save even more with these 3 bundles: Leve …
Some Thoughts About the Intel Core i9-9900KS Processor
IntroductionIntel has released the Intel Core i9-9900KS Special Edition mainstream desktop processor that was originally announced back on May 26, 2019 at the Computex trade show. This was the same day that AMD revealed the details about the 7nm AMD Ry …