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Category: Performance

PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server Notes

Posted on 02/13/201903/30/2020 by Lincoln Bovee'

This blog will be where I post my PostgreSQL administration learning and it’s comparison to SQL Server from a SQL Server DBA’s viewpoint.…

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Some database design guidelines and best practices

Posted on 01/29/201803/12/2018 by Lincoln Bovee'

Below are some best practices known within the SQL Server database community use when designing tables. 1. All data columns should be properly…

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How SQL Server processes a query

Posted on 12/14/201612/14/2016 by Lincoln Bovee'

The logical order in which SQL Server parses a query and generates an execution plan: 1. FROM [left_table] 2. ON [join_condition] 3. [join_type]…

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Why using GUIDs as Primary Keys on a Clustered Index (Table) is not a good idea and some alternative approaches

Posted on 12/11/201505/23/2018 by Lincoln Bovee'

Here is a great blog post by Kimberly Tripp on why using GUIDs as a PRIMARY KEY on a CLUSTERED index is a…

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Why use of VARCHAR(MAX) should be avoided

Posted on 11/09/2015 by Lincoln Bovee'

Here is a good blog post on a comparison of VARCHAR(MAX) versus VARCHAR(N): Performance comparison of varchar(max) vs. varchar(N) Views – 1751

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PASS 2015 – Seattle WA – Day 3

Posted on 10/28/201512/03/2015 by Lincoln Bovee'

PASS 2015 10-28-30 Seattle WA SQL Server Indexing for Performance Kimberly Trip NOTE: Narrow NC indexes very rarely are useful. NOTE: Putting a…

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PASS 2015 – Seattle WA – Pre-Con Day 2 – Dmitri Korotkevitch

Posted on 10/28/201502/12/2016 by Lincoln Bovee'

PASS 2015 10-27-30 Seattle WA Pre-Con Day 2 – SQL Server Internals – The Practical Angle Dmitri Korotkevitch Data Storage 101 Data Pages…

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PASS 2015 – Seattle WA – Pre-Con Day 1 – Pinal Dave

Posted on 10/26/201512/03/2015 by Lincoln Bovee'

PASS 2015 10-26-30 Seattle WA Pre-Con Day 1 – 42 Tips to Performance Tuning, Optimization and Everything Pinal Dave TODO: Write missing index…

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About Trusted Foreign Key Contraints

Posted on 10/07/201410/07/2014 by Lincoln Bovee'

I will post some of my findings about trusted foreign keys and constants here since this has become a minor issue at work.…

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SQL Server Index Design Best Practices

Posted on 06/02/201401/21/2019 by Lincoln Bovee'

This post is consisted of mostly direct quotes from the article posted at the bottom of the page. I put them here to…

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