Why one tiny scalar function can turn a 1-second query into a 10-minute outage — and how to fix it without rewriting your app. A senior engineer once handed me a SQL ticket marked "P0 — production DB ...

When an Azure SQL Database starts to feel slow, the instinct is often to hunt for missing indexes, blocking, or deadlocks. While those classic issues matter, many Azure SQL slowdowns stem from ...

If you would like to contribute, here are some of the tasks we have planned. Please let us know if you are starting one. Implement and test the methods allowing queries on Enumerables. The methods are ...

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