There are some misconceptions around FillFactor, let’s explore what the setting does or doesn’t do I love SQL Server internals, I do and I just said it. Why? because thanks to all…
Tag: Clustered Index
Spring cleanup, LOB considerations
For DBA’s it is important to have the ability to recover databases quickly in case of disaster. In order to maximize the potential we need to have our databases ready but sometimes…
Database Design Matters, Real World Scenario
Sooner or later the more you know how SQL Server works will help you come up with more and more ideas to solve your daily problems, let me show you what one…
Successful Anti-Patterns, Storage Requirements
One of the things you realize with experience is that there is not one absolute truth when speaking about SQL Server… that comes along with the magical answer for most of the…
Database Design Matters, choosing the Clustering Key
There has been a permanent debate about which is the right clustering key for our tables since the beginning of the time, this time I’ll get a bit deeper to show you…
Index fun, disabling the Clustered Index
Disabling an index is always fun, but disabling the clustered index is even funnier, but probably not for your users, let me show you what can happen. Following a conversation with my junior…
Successful Anti-Patterns, Key Lookup VS RID Lookup
This post wants to show some performance improvements we may have by doing things the way we’ve been told not to When it comes to technical subjects like databases, we must always look…
Clustered index row order
How rows are physically stored is well known and sometimes very misunderstood, let me show you something might not be as you expect One of the basic (and well used during interviews) questions…