Tag: SQL SERVER

MaxDop Fun

Erik Darling posted a great video with results i couldn't reproduce. Untill i stumbled on some clustered columnstore behaviour 😀

Troubleshooting issues

I love issues on old machines and editions... This one is about Error 3314 severity 17 state 3 combined with error 665.

Why do i do this?

This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #111prompt by Andy Leonard.  T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about different database and professional topics every month. In this month’s topic Andy asks why do we do what we do? First and foremost, because i like it and because … Continue reading Why do i do this? →

Analyzing an environment

In my previous blog i shared my experience on my first day of work at a new client (https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/90430081/posts/2132980200). After this initial day, time to get to know the sql estate at hand. Accounts were already taken care of, and i got the admin level. I can check whatever i want and it shows a … Continue reading Analyzing an environment →

Deletes on large table

I had to help a collegue out today. He had to delete about 12 million rows on a 13 billion row table. And his statement (delete from [table name] where spec_id = 1) never got anywhere. First thing i tried was to encapsulate the statement in a transaction. This transaction was put within a while … Continue reading Deletes on large table →