Monthly Archives: October 2017

Rx for Demystifying Index Tuning Decisions – Part 1

By Jeffry Schwartz | Expert , Missing Indexes , Performance Tuning , Query Tuning , SQL Administration , SQL Development , SQL Server

Overview Indices are one of the most troubling and mysterious areas for DBAs and developers. Most understand that adding a badly needed index can yield dramatic query performance improvements, but how does one know what is needed? Many believe more indices are better, regardless of the number. Most fear deleting ANY existing indices, even when […]

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Log Connections to SQL Instance

By Ginger Daniel | Helpful Scripts , Miscellaneous , SQL Administration , SQL Server

If you ever have a need to monitor connections to your SQL server, and any related information about the connections such as database, logins, etc., there are some DMVs that can give you tons of information. Previously you might have used the sys.sysprocesses table to derive much of this information, but this is being deprecated […]

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