Category Archives: DMV
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Getting a query plan
3February 19, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
Query plans are an essential tool when doing performance tuning. When looking at a query plan you should be aware …
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Using sys.dm_exec_sql_text() to figure out blocking is sometimes flawed.
2January 29, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
I frequently rely on joining sys.dm_exec_requests and sys.dm_exec_sql_text() to know what queries are running on a system and when I …
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What port is my instance listening on?
8January 8, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I just had the interesting task of finding the port number that one of the instances I deal with is …
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Time Trial sys.dm_exec_query_plan vs sys.dm_exec_sql_text
4November 12, 2012 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve been working on a way to test performance usage on a server by database. I started out using sys.dm_exec_query_stats …
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