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New trace flag for deadlock output and profiler deadlock event enhancement
Did you know that SQL Server 2005 adds a new trace flag (-T1222) for deadlock trace output? This deadlock output has numerous improvements over older versions of SQL Server. For example, some of the...
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SQL Server Performance Engineering Team Blog
I would like to announce the blog from my team - SQL Server Performance Engineering. Feel free to visit our blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlperf for your performance related questions and needs. Use...
View ArticleSQL Server 2005 SP2 has been released…
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 has been released. You can find more information from the service pack 2 page. This service pack extends the functionality of SQL Server in many ways. The What's New...
View ArticleSQL Server Performance Engineering Team Blog
I would like to announce the blog from my team - SQL Server Performance Engineering. Feel free to visit our blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlperf for your performance related questions and needs. Use...
View ArticleOBJECT_NAME enhancement and OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME addition in SQL Server 2005 SP2
SQL Server 2005 SP2 has an important enhancement to OBJECT_NAME metadata function and a new OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME metadata function. I will first describe the old functionality to give some context and...
View ArticleSQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports
The SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports are Reporting Services report files designed to be used with the Custom Reports feature introduced in the SQL Server 2005 SP2 release of SQL Server...
View ArticleNew MSDN Books Online search functionality
Check out the new Books Online search functionality online. The link below provides a scoped search of Books Online that returns a more precise and targeted result set. You can use it to search Books...
View ArticleSQL Server 2005 SP2 Re-release and post fixes
Bob Ward from PSS has a wonderful blog article that explains the details about the re-release of SQL Server 2005 SP2 and fixes posted later. This is a must read for anyone deploying SQL Server 2005 SP2...
View ArticleSpool operators in query plan…
I came across a question in the relationalserver.performance newsgroup where a customer was wondering about the spools seen in a recursive query execution plan. The query is shown below: USE...
View ArticleDifferences between ISNULL and COALESCE
I came across a question in the SQL Server MVP newsgroup recently about ISNULL and COALESCE usage. COALESCE basically translates to CASE expression and ISNULL is a built-in implemented in the database...
View ArticleConverting from Base64 to varbinary and vice versa
Converting Base64 values to varbinary and vice versa is now easier using the XQuery functionality available from SQL Server 2005 onwards. The code samples below show how to perform the conversion: --...
View ArticleConverting from hex string to varbinary and vice versa
Converting hexadecimal values to varbinary and vice versa is now easier using the XQuery functionality available from SQL Server 2005. The code samples below show how to perform the conversion(s): --...
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