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By: ThomasLaRock

ThomasLaRock — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:38:00 +0000

In reply to dba4myworld. There is no definitive answer for this, but if I saw that I had a majority of the plans in cache to be ad-hoc or single use, then I'd investigate further. HTH

By: dba4myworld

dba4myworld — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:19:00 +0000

Quick question – for 4. Plan Cache Bloat, how does one interpret the results that appear in the various columns? I don’t mean exact answers, just relative guidelines for what might appear high or low. Thanks – great article.

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Something for the Weekend - SQL Server Links 10/08/12 — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:15:59 +0000

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By: ThomasLaRock

ThomasLaRock — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:42:00 +0000

In reply to Jacob. Jacob, That depends on your workload and if you are seeing memory issues, and if the ad-hoc plans are being reused at all. I would tell you to enable the 'optimize for ad-hoc workloads' configuration setting in order to save space for the single use plans.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:44:00 +0000

With plan cache bloat, what can be done on OLAP servers where majority of queries are ad-hoc by nature?

By: ThomasLaRock

ThomasLaRock — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:03:00 +0000

In reply to Paul Bell.

Paul,

That’s great! Well, you know what I mean…happy I could help.