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Checkpoints are essential in SQL Server to help with the durability and reliability of data persisted in the database. When done right, you barely even notice them and performance is groovy. Sadly, checkpoints can be a symptom of a problem and poor performance.
Bulk insert can be an extremely helpful tool to help ingest data into SQL Server efficiently. Sometimes, it is necessary to capture metrics in regards to the bulk insert in order to understand the who, when, and potentially why related to the insert process.
Every Database has a DBO or database owner set. Sometimes the owner is invalid, while most of the time the DBO is perfectly normal. It is easy to ignore whether a valid DBO is set or not. And then something breaks and you have to validate it. This article addresses the easy fix to validate the DBO.
Source control is quintessential to a productive development environment. A well maintained and organized source control system is akin to having known-good database backups. Having the right tools to interface with source control is just as important!
This is a very simple introduction into the creation of an Extended Event session using a template for Azure SQL DB. I demonstrate the use of the GUI to configure the session quickly and then to subsequently script that configuration before creating the session.
Having a Database Owner is not something that most people think about until something breaks. Usually, people will just kind of ignore it because it is just so innocuous and uncommon for the owner to not be “present”.
Excessive memory grants are extremely problematic in SQL Server. These excessive grants do not just happen out of the blue. Memory grants are directly linked to the queries.
Queries will fail. That is as inevitable as death and taxes. This article demonstrates how to find some truly horrible queries.
This article demonstrates a more comprehensive method to audit changes to statistics. This method involves the use of Extended Events.
By combining the raw power of the Extended Events engine in SQL Server with the Blocked Process Report, we are able to achieve real value in blocking monitoring.