Slow running queries can drag down application performance and degrade user experience. As a DBA, it's important to monitor and optimize long running SQL statements. In this post, I'll demonstrate how to find queries …
The SQL Server Query Store is an incredibly useful feature for monitoring and troubleshooting query performance issues. One of the handiest aspects of the Query Store is the ability to easily retrieve execution plans and quer…
The Query Store is a feature in SQL Server that collects and stores information about queries that are executed. This information can be used to troubleshoot performance problems, identify queries that are causing problems, a…
Cardinality Estimation is a crucial component of SQL Server's query optimization process. It is the process by which the database engine estimates the number of rows that will be returned by a query. The accuracy of this es…
Have you ever wondered why SQL Server generates new execution plans for queries even if there is no change in the SQL code? This phenomenon can cause performance degradation and impact database performance if not managed proper…