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You know what your deadlock graphs need? Animation.

Brent Ozar
Deadlocks
8 Comments
In SQL Server Management Studio, plain ol’ deadlock graphs look like this: Two thumbs down, would not lock the dead again BOOOOO-RING. That’s why I prefer opening deadlock graphs in SentryOne Plan Explorer, which presents a much better visual in the form of a circle…a circle, let’s just stop there: Deadlock graph in SentryOne Plan…
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Tuning Dynamic SQL by Hand with Short Circuits

Brent Ozar
T-SQL
7 Comments
When we think about building dynamic SQL, we usually think about a stored procedure like this that takes input parameters, builds a string, and then executes that string. Here’s a simple example: Transact-SQL CREATE OR ALTER PROC dbo.usp_SearchUsers @SearchDisplayName NVARCHAR(40) = NULL, @SearchLocation NVARCHAR(100) = NULL, @SearchReputation INT = NULL AS BEGIN DECLARE @StringToExecute NVARCHAR(4000);…
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When Does SARGability Matter Most?

Erik Darling
Execution Plans, Indexing
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!erehT iH I know what you’re thinking. Another post about how you should just never do this one thing and all your queries will magically end up faster. Just watch the video.   For more reading, check out these posts: Sargability: Why %string% Is Slow Optional Parameters and Missing Index Requests Computed Columns: Reversing Data…
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No longer uses the index

Do Functions Stop You From Using Indexes?

Brent Ozar
Indexing, T-SQL
5 Comments
Say I’ve got a function in my WHERE clause: Transact-SQL SELECT DisplayName FROM dbo.Users WHERE LTRIM(RTRIM(DisplayName)) = 'Brent Ozar'; 123 SELECT DisplayName  FROM dbo.Users  WHERE LTRIM(RTRIM(DisplayName)) = 'Brent Ozar'; If I have an index on DisplayName, will SQL Server use it? Sure: Function in the WHERE clause Even though SQL Server can’t seek to “Brent Ozar,” it will…
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Never Judge A Query By Its Cost

Erik Darling
Execution Plans
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Signs and Numbers When tuning queries, or even finding queries to tune, there’s a rather misguided desire to look for queries with a high cost, or judge improvement by lowering query cost. The problem is that no matter what you’re looking at, costs are estimates, and often don’t reflect how long a query runs for…
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What Is SQL Injection?

Brent Ozar
T-SQL
4 Comments
Say we have a stored procedure that queries the Stack Overflow database. We have two separate parameters, @DisplayName and @Location, so folks can search for people by name, location, or both. For performance reasons, we decide to build dynamic SQL: Transact-SQL CREATE OR ALTER PROC dbo.UserSearch @DisplayName NVARCHAR(40) = NULL, @Location NVARCHAR(100) = NULL AS…
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