Want To See The Next Version of SQL Server?

Then go and download it, right now, for free. https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/pd/SQLDCTP3CTA/enus/ OK, so it is not exactly the RTM version. Fine. How many CTPs do you believe will be released then? I think we are at the limit. So most of what you will find in CTP3 is what you will find in the RTM. Now is … Read more

I Hate Wasting Time

…don’t you? It’s one of the reasons why I love using the waits and queues methodology for performance tuning. Analyzing the wait events helps me narrow my focus on the specific resource bottleneck. I like to “rule out” potential causes as I go, arriving at a limited set of likely culprits. Sometimes I feel like Columbo: Me: … Read more