A lot of developers are approaching me very often, and tell me that they are using the NOLOCK query hint to get rid of blocking situations in SQL Server. Unfortunately the NOLOCK query hint is not really a good solution when you hit blocking situations, because SQL Server can return you uncommitted data. Therefore I …
The unwanted Side Effects of enabling Read Committed Snapshot Isolation + read more
In today’s blog posting I want to talk about a quite simple question in SQL Server: is a SELECT statement always executed? The question itself seems to be quite easy, but the answer to it isn’t that simple. Let’s look at the following example: SELECT * FROM Person.Person As you can see this is a …
Today I’m quite happy to announce my SQLpassion Online Trainings for the remaining year. Currently I have scheduled the following online trainings: SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Design, Deploy, and Optimize SQL Server on VMware SQL Server in the Cloud SQL Server Performance Troubleshooting Hands-On Labs As you can see from this list, I have …
A few months ago I have prepared the physical hardware my VMware vSphere based Home Lab for the migration from 6.5 to 6.7. And last Thursday it was finally the big day: I’ve done the migration from vSphere 6.5 to 6.7. In this blog posting I want to describe the necessary steps, and in which …
As you know I’m offering through the SQLpassion Online Academy Live Training sessions, and also recorded versions of these trainings for your immediate access. I’m quite happy today to announce that I’m providing you for the following available online trainings a discount over the next 30 days: Design, Deploy, and Optimize SQL Server on VMware …
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