Why do SQL Server Logins have a default database? Kenneth Fisher and Aaron Bertrand explain this here and here. Here is a sample script to identify logins whose default database no longer exists on the server. Once you identify, you can assign another database as default to avoid the issues explained in the abovementioned two […]
Setting CPU affinity in SQL Server is not a task you do every day. Rarely are there use cases when you need to do that. I had a recent requirement to do it. We plan to replace a physical server with half of its current CPU. Primarily due to faster CPU and workload moved off of […]
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Introduced in SQL Server 2016 (13.x) SP1 and Azure SQL Database is the USE HINT option. At the time of writing this article, there are 23 of those. You can see an up to date list by running Dynamic Management View sys.dm_exec_valid_use_hints. With the introduction of this feature, we can replace some of the trace […]
Accessing runtime information of a query execution plan is vital to get a precise understanding of resource usage, execution patterns to resolve performance issues. Runtime statistics is beneficial while debugging query performance issues, such as long-running queries, and queries that run indefinitely and never finishes. Historically query completion was a prerequisite for the availability of […]
