After this month’s Index Analysis update, I was contacted by a reader about the index analysis script. Reader Dick Baker let me know that he found and had a fix for an issue with the missing_index_impact column. Thanks to Dick for this fix. If you find issues or have suggestions for changes to the script, please [...]
In yesterdays duplicate index blog post, I mentioned that there would be an update to the index analysis stored procedure today. Without further ado, you can jump to the bottom and download it. There are a few things I’ve fixed from comments from people using the script and then major change is the addition of [...]
From time to time, you might have caught yourself in a conversation similar to the following: Fred: Hey folks, we have a query that isn’t working right anymore? Wilma: I wonder if there’s a problem with the statistics. Maybe they are out of date. Barney: I checked the statistics with STATS_DATE() and they are really [...]
In the past couple weeks, I’ve gotten a couple reports of issues with sp_indexanalysis. The update today fixes those issues. It’s fun to finally be playing with these scripts again. I’m hoping to start writing blog posts showing the scripts in action in the next couple weeks. INDEX ANALYSIS UPDATES The main updates to the [...]
Last week I mentioned that I had put up a few new versions of my index analysis script. Turns out a few people downloaded it and found some issues. I also have been playing with it some more and noticed some quirks that were a bit irritating to me, so there are new versions of [...]
A couple years back, I wrote a few blog posts about an indexing script that I use with clients from time to time. While I provided some updates to it over the years, I haven’t pushed out anything new on it in quite some time. Seems I got distracted with an indexing book and never [...]
A while back I was asked, if you can use the plan cache to determine which plans are using specific indexes. The answer is, of course, yes, you can. And it’s important that people, especially DBAs, understand how to do this. Usually during index analysis, we concern ourselves with whether an index is being used. [...]
At some point last year after finishing the 31 Days of SSIS, I decided to bundle up all of the posts into a single document. That way, if someone was on the go and didn’t have a good internet connection or wanted be able to read all of the posts in a single setting it would [...]
Another month and it’s another T-SQL Tuesday. This month we are being hosted by Allen White (Blog | @SQLRunr) and the topic is to Share Your Tricks. One of my favorite things to do in SQL Server is to run queries against the plan cache. Within there, you have the ability to see what SQL [...]
If you are looking for a little training on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) without having to leave the comforts of your cubicle – this is your week. This Friday (11/19/2011), SSWUG will be hosting an expo titled “Building and Developing with SQL Server Integration Services”. The event will consist of four sessions that will [...]
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