Category: SQL Performance
In-Memory Tables with Natively Compiled T-SQL: Blazing Speed for OLTP and More
in-memory-tables-with-natively-compiled-t-sql-blazing-speed-for-oltp-and-more The SQL Server 2014 and 2016 Hekaton project brings us In-Memory tables and Natively Compiled T-SQL objects that run at amazing speed. What you can accomplish is astounding. This presentation will introduce you to the Hekaton technology and show how big the differences can… Continue reading
100 Times Faster: Experiences Making SQL Server Fly
Download the presentation: 100-times-faster-experiences-making-sql-server-fly-sql-saturday-prov-2015-12-12 How do you go about making a program run a lot faster! Like 100 times faster? It’s difficult. Microsoft tried in the Hekaton project, its in-memory tables feature of SQL 2014, and they got close. Inspired by that effort, this presentation… Continue reading
Natively Compiled T-SQL: The Fastest SQL Ever!
Download the Presentation .Natively-Compiled-T-SQL-Andrew-Novck-presentation Demo files: Natively-Compiled-T-SQL-Andrew-Novck-demo-sql SQL Server’s In-Memory tables are accompanied by Natively Compiled Stored Procedures and Functions that run at amazing speed. However, the speed boost comes with tradeoffs. The complete T-SQL language is not implemented, only key parts and we’ll discuss… Continue reading
SQL Server In-Memory Tables
SQL Server In-Memory Tables(Hekaton) Andy Novick April 2015 SQL Server 2014 aimed to improve OLTP performance by adding In-Memory tables and native compilation of the stored procedures that use them. In-Memory tables bring incredible speed for the right workload so long as a series of… Continue reading
Video – Improving SQL Server Performance by writing faster T-SQL Code- Sept 11, 2014
This webinar is now available for viewing online at any time. (About 60 Minutes) http://www.mssqltips.com/sql-server-video/332/proving-sql-server-performance-by-writing-faster-tsql-code/ Some of the concepts we will cover include: Ways to find code that’s slow: DMV’s like sys.dm_exec_procedure SQL Profiler and Server Traces Extended Events Writing your own logging code. (My… Continue reading
Scripting Traces for Performance Monitoring on SQL Server
The SQL Profiler is a great tool for monitoring and analyzing SQL Server Performance. I use it all the time to watch the detailed actions of a stored procedure, trigger or user-defined function (UDF) that I am developing. It can also be used to monitor… Continue reading
Proposed Solution to the Performance Problem with SQL Server Scalar UDFs
SQL Server scalar User-Defined Functions (UDFs) have a performance problem that could be solved with an enhancement to the SQL Server database engine. Continue reading
Retrieving a Random Record in SQL Server using udf_Num_RanInt
This UDFs week solves a problem posed to me last week by a friend Gary. Gary wants to select a random row from one of his tables and was hoping that SQL Server would have some support for this task. The idea of selecting a random row… Continue reading