I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter today at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Using XML to Query Execution Plans. The abstract for the event is the following: SQL Server stores its execution plans as XML in dynamic management views. The execution plans are a gold mine of … Continue reading Webcast Today – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
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Webcast Next Week – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter next week. It’ll be on July 28 at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Using XML to Query Execution Plans. The abstract for the event is the following: SQL Server stores its execution plans as XML in dynamic management views. The execution … Continue reading Webcast Next Week – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
Webcast Today – Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Performance Virtual Chapter later today starting at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types. The abstract for the event is the following: User defined functions provide a means to encapsulate business logic in the database tier. Often the purpose of … Continue reading Webcast Today – Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
Webcast Next Week – Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Performance Virtual Chapter next week. It’ll be on July 6 at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types. The abstract for the event is the following: User defined functions provide a means to encapsulate business logic in the database tier. … Continue reading Webcast Next Week – Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
Do You Patch SQL Server Regularily?
Microsoft has released a few new Cumulaive Update for SQL Server. There is an update for each of the supported releases of SQL Server: Cumulative update package 10 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 Cumulative update package 8 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update package 2 for SQL Server 2008 R2 … Continue reading Do You Patch SQL Server Regularily?
Index Those Foreign Keys
Today started with some quality time getting to know a deadlock that had occurred. While working through the deadlock, I noticed that there were a number of foreign key relationships that weren't indexed on the parent side of the relationship. I am going to skip over the why to index foreign keys and save that … Continue reading Index Those Foreign Keys
Doing Something About Auto Generated Names
I like my name. It provides a point of reference to who I am. If I am at work and someone calls for “Jason Strate”… that’s me. If I am at home, the same thing can happen and I still know that it’s me. I know that no matter where I am, my name will … Continue reading Doing Something About Auto Generated Names
Connect Item on Import/Export Wizard
I like using raw files in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). They are a quick way to build data repository that will be used else where in a package or for use with a separate package. In a recent project, raw files were used to move client data around in a new import process that consolidated business logic … Continue reading Connect Item on Import/Export Wizard
Searching for Plans
A while back I wrote a post on a procedure I created for the DBADiagnostics database that I talk about from time to time. This procedure allowed users to search the procedure cache to find plans for procedures by database name and object name. This had worked out pretty good until I noticed something the … Continue reading Searching for Plans
FileSystemHelper SQL Server CLR – Codeplex
A while back I decided I need to get down to brass tacks and figure out SQL Server CLR. I'd looked at examples and seen some pretty cool stuff being done with it. Unfortuantely, I hadn't taken the time to become acquianted enough to know enough about the unknown. This limited my ability to be able … Continue reading FileSystemHelper SQL Server CLR – Codeplex
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