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Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for August 2020

First Responder Kit Updates
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A couple of big new features this month: sp_Blitz’s @SkipChecksServer parameter lets you centralize a list of checks that you want to skip across different servers, and sp_BlitzIndex’s missing index recommendation list now includes the datatypes, making it easier to do index analysis for clients even when you’re not connected to their servers. I have…
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Updated First Responder Kit for July 12, 2020: Fixing sp_BlitzFirst @ExpertMode

I don’t normally do multiple releases per month, but sp_BlitzFirst had a pretty big bug in the last release for those of us who do live performance tuning. In the July release, a well-meaning contributor tried to make sp_BlitzFirst faster when @OutputType = ‘NONE’, but inadvertently also made it faster when @ExpertMode = 1 – by…
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Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for June 2020

If you’re saving the contents of sp_BlitzFirst, sp_BlitzCache, and sp_BlitzWho to tables every 15 minutes, you should definitely install this month’s updates. There are several key improvements for you in here to help make it easier to troubleshoot plan cache rollover due to unparameterized queries, plus way easier to gather query plans that are having…
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[Video] Watch Brent Write T-SQL

This morning I worked on a new check for sp_BlitzFirst to find statistics that were updated in the last 15 minutes, possibly causing plan caching issues and parameter sniffing. I streamed it live, and you can watch. In part 1, the first hour, I write the proof-of-concept query: In part 2, the second hour, I…
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[Video] Watch Brent Work on sp_Blitz

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During the quarantines, I’m looking for new ways to help you level up for free. I decided to start live-streaming whenever I’m working on things I can share with you publicly. I wanted to add a new check to sp_Blitz, so I figured I’d do it live on camera while you watch, and talk you…
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How to Track Performance of Queries That Use RECOMPILE Hints

Say we have a stored procedure that has two queries in it – the second query uses a recompile hint, and you might recognize it from my parameter sniffing session: Transact-SQL CREATE OR ALTER PROC dbo.usp_SearchUsers @Reputation INT AS BEGIN /* Query 1, always the same: */ SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dbo.Users; /* Query 2, recompiles…
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How I Use the First Responder Kit

Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for February 2020

First Responder Kit Updates
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We spent Valentine’s Day removing the bugs from your chocolates. You’re welcome. To get the new version: Download the updated FirstResponderKit.zip Azure Data Studio users with the First Responder Kit extension: ctrl/command+shift+p, First Responder Kit: Import. Download the updated Consultant Toolkit in your account EU customers: check your email for the updated version from Gumroad,…
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Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for December 2019

It’s the hap-happiest season of all. To get the new version: Download the updated FirstResponderKit.zip Azure Data Studio users with the First Responder Kit extension: ctrl/command+shift+p, First Responder Kit: Import. Download the updated Consultant Toolkit in your account EU customers: check your email for the updated version from Gumroad, our European distributor Consultant Toolkit Changes…
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How I Use the First Responder Kit

Announcing a New Live Online Class: How I Use the First Responder Kit

During the hands-on labs for my Mastering classes, when I’m answering an attendee question, this kind of thing happens a lot: Attendee: “How would I find the query causing that missing index recommendation?” Me: “Oh, good question – you can use the sp_BlitzCache @SlowlySearchPlansFor parameter. Here’s how it works.” (Does a quick demo) Attendees in…
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Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for September 2019

This month’s release has a lot of new feature goodness: the Consultant Toolkit can automatically upload the results to Amazon S3, plus sp_BlitzCache adds a new sort order to better catch unparameterized queries burning up CPU, a new warning for selects that are doing writes (other than >500MB spills, which we’ve been warning you about…
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Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for August 2019

sp_DatabaseRestore can now restore to Azure blobs and change the database owner after a restore, and everything else gets bug fixes. To get the new version: Download the updated FirstResponderKit.zip Azure Data Studio users with the First Responder Kit extension: ctrl/command+shift+p, First Responder Kit: Import. Download the updated Consultant Toolkit in your account EU customers:…
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