SQL Server Videos

SQL Server Videos (Short Tutorials & Demos)

Rank( ) Function in SQL Server (By Satya Ramesh)

In this video, you will learn to use RANK() function in SQL Server. RANK () is one of the four Ranking Functions that are available in SQL Server. 1. ROW_NUMBER() 2. RANK() 3. DENSE_RANK() 4. NTILE(N) In one of our previous videos we have already discussed about ROW_NUMBER() function, you can watch that video here: [...]

How to Rollback Truncate using Backup & Restore? (By Satya Ramesh)

In this video, you will learn to get back truncated data using backup and restore mechanism. Get new content directly in your inbox - Click here You can also visit DataPlatformGeeks (DPG) Video Library to watch more videos and to download video resources (presentation & demo code). Hope the video was worth your time. Happy [...]

Truncate Can be Rolled Back? (By Satya Ramesh)

In this video, you will learn about whether Truncate can rolled back or not? Get new content directly in your inbox - Click here You can also visit DataPlatformGeeks (DPG) Video Library to watch more videos and to download video resources (presentation & demo code). Hope the video was worth your time. Happy Learning. [...]

Performance Monitor Counters (by Amit Bansal)

Here is a quick technique to record performance counters data in SQL Server. Get new content directly in your inbox - Click here You can also visit DataPlatformGeeks (DPG) Video Library to watch more videos and to download video resources (presentation & demo code). Hope the video was worth your time. Happy Learning. [...]

Monitoring Pressure – Observing Task Count (by Amit Bansal)

There are many ways of monitoring SQL Server pressure. Here is a quick demo. Get new content directly in your inbox - Click here You can also visit DataPlatformGeeks (DPG) Video Library to watch more videos and to download video resources (presentation & demo code). Hope the video was worth your time. Happy Learning. [...]

Tempdb Space Usage Monitoring (by Amit Bansal)

The first step towards troubleshooting Tempdb growth is to understand where is the space being used. Get new content directly in your inbox - Click here You can also visit DataPlatformGeeks (DPG) Video Library to watch more videos and to download video resources (presentation & demo code). Hope the video was worth your time. Happy [...]

Database IO Cost (Reads & Writes) (by Amit Bansal)

When you have dozens of databases hosted in a single instance, it helps to narrow down on databases that are contributing towards maximum IO reads and writes. In other words we are trying to narrow down on databases that are consuming maximum IO. Get new content directly in your inbox - Click here You can [...]

CPU Cost by Database (by Amit Bansal)

When you have dozens of databases hosted in a single instance, it helps to narrow down on databases that are contributing towards maximum CPU cycles. Let's say you are running SQL Server in a hosting environment where the instance is hosting hundreds of small databases, each belonging to a different client. Your hosting company is [...]

Tracking Page Splits Using Extended Events (by Amit Bansal)

Even with the fastest of CPUs and Storage, Page Splits are still very bad. Also leads to fragmentation. Here is a quick video that shows how you can capture page splits using extended events. Get new content directly in your inbox - Click here You can also visit DataPlatformGeeks (DPG) Video Library to watch more [...]

Index Tuning – Page Splits & Fragmentation (by Amit Bansal)

Age old topic but still very important even in the age of SSDs. Page splits and fragmentation concepts were one of those early things we learned while learning about SQL Server architecture. Years later, with the advent of ultra-fast storage, the importance of these concepts has diminished but they are not irrelevant. Data in SQL [...]

Index Tuning – Index Column Sort Order (by Amit Bansal)

Not sure whether to call this Query Tuning or Index Tuning, anyway, all that matters is we get improved performance. Life is just so easy when you have to deal with single-column indexes. They are lovable. In contrast, multi-column indexes bring so many complexities along with them. Let's dig a bit deeper. In a multi-column [...]

Query Tuning – Implicit Conversion – Part 2 (by Amit Bansal)

This is a follow up video to part 1. In this quick video you will see that SQL Server is better off with explicit conversion at it likes it. Implicit conversions are not a good thing for SQL Server. Your queries are silently suffering from performance issues and consuming extra CPU cycles while implicitly converting [...]

Query Tuning – Implicit Conversion – Part 1 (by Amit Bansal)

In this quick video you will understand the concept of implicit conversions and why are they bad for your query performance. Implicit conversions are not a good thing for SQL Server. Your queries are silently suffering from performance issues and consuming extra CPU cycles while implicitly converting from one data type to another. For example, [...]

How To Enable Global Trace Flags In SQL Server (by Amit Bansal)

In this quick video you will understand how to enable global trace flags. Get new content directly in your inbox - Click here You can also visit DataPlatformGeeks (DPG) Video Library to watch more videos and to download video resources (presentation & demo code). Hope the video was worth your time. Happy Learning. [...]

SQL Server Index Tuning – Multi Column Seeking by Amit Bansal

In SQL Server, you can create single-column and multi-column indexes. Life is beautiful and easy with single-column indexes and full of ups & downs with multi-column indexes. With single-column indexes, SQL Server has to deal with only one column - just go to a value in the column and start seeking from that point. With [...]

Debugging SQL Server – Setting Up Windows Debugger by Amit Bansal

In this video, you will understand how to setup windows debugger and get ready to debug windows with public symbols Get new content directly in your inbox - Click here You can also visit DataPlatformGeeks (DPG) Video Library to watch more videos and to download video resources (presentation & demo code). Hope the video was [...]

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