Recently I have been working on setting up baselining for my SQL Server lab environment. As part of baselining, I capture all the required Perfmon counters both at SQL Server…
It's very common for Database professionals to experience blocking. Even though blocking is a usual activity, it can convert into an issue anytime. And becomes pain point when DBAs are…
Recently a good friend of mine asked me question whether is there any performance benefit in filtering the data out in subqueries, and then joining them. Well, answer is NO.…
Hi Friends. If you are wondering if we should check [context_switches] counter for SQL Server Queries while performance tuning, then here is the official verdict from Paul Randal. Thanks Friends!…