Circles and Squares–What Do They Mean in the Query Store?
Denny Cherry and I are on a tuning mission this week, and fortunately the customer has SQL Server 2016, so we don’t have to waste a lot of time finding out problematic queries in the system. However, we were a little bit confused when we saw a graphic in the query store diagram today. You […]
Does In-Memory OLTP Work with Always Encrypted? (AKA That time Bob Ward asked us a question)
Last week was the PASS Summit, which is the biggest confab of SQL Server professionals on the planet (and educational as ever), Denny Cherry (b|t) and I ran into Bob Ward (b|t) of Microsoft and of 500 level internals presentations. And for the first time ever, Bob asked us a question about SQL Server—of course […]
But What about Postgres?
What About Postgres? Since I wrote my post yesterday about Oracle and SQL Server, I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback (except for one grouchy Oracle DBA) on my post. That said, I should probably stay clear of Redwood Shores anytime soon. However there was one interesting comment from Brent Ozar (b|t) While Postgres is […]
Please, Please Stop Complaining about SQL Server Licensing Costs and Complexity
Recently, I’ve seen a number of folks on twitter and in the blogosphere complaining about the complexity of SQL Server licensing. While it is a slightly complicated topic and nowhere near as simple as Azure SQL Database (need more perf? Spend more $€£), there are other products in our space like Oracle and SAP that […]