HOW TO: Change the Compatibility Level of an Azure SQL Database
Here’s an example of something I came across for Azure SQL Database V12 that I don’t see documented anywhere (yet): You can change the compatibility level of an Azure SQL Database.
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The Real SQL Server 2014 Power Feature (It May Not Be Hekaton)
Just a quick post today to tell you about a webinar I am doing on the 27th of August, 2014. The title is “The Real SQL Server 2014 Power Feature (It May Not Be Hekaton)”, and it is me talking about the new cardinality estimator (CE) in SQL Server 2014. You might recall that earlier … Read more
SQL 2014 Cardinality Estimator: Why You Should Care – Part 2
In the previous post I talked about how query optimization works, the role the Cardinality Estimator (CE) plays, and why you should care. Today I am going to break down some of the details about the differences between the old and new CE, as well as show some examples and scenarios. What’s New in the SQL 2014 … Read more
SQL 2014 Cardinality Estimator: Why You Should Care
This is the first of two posts on the new Cardinality Estimator in SQL Server 2014. SQL Server 2014 comes with a lot of shiny things. Hekaton (or as Microsoft Marketing likes to call it, In-Memory OLTP), updateable Columnstore indexes, and buffer pool extensions are some of the more common enhancements. All of those new … Read more
