Before diving into queries, confirm that sqlservr.exe is the process consuming the CPU, and not an antivirus, backup tool, or OS update. T-SQL Check Run this to see the CPU utilization history over ...

-- - Supports the scenario where log files list consist of both the file name formats -- - When CSV format is used, a check-constraint is added to the child table ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

Use Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) to find the top resource-consuming queries. -- Find Top 10 Most Expensive Queries SELECT TOP 10 qs.total_elapsed_time / qs.execution_count AS [Avg Exec Time], ...

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features through PREVIEW_FEATURES. A private preview of SQL Server 2025 began in ...

I’m a big fan of Phil Seamark’s “visualise your refresh” pbix file, which allows you to analyse the different operations of an Import mode semantic model refresh operation (similar functionality has ...

-- 16.0.1050.5 RTM GDR 2/14/2023 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5021522-description-of-the-security-update-for-sql-server-2022-gdr-february-14-2023 ...

Splitting a string by a delimiter in SQL Server involves breaking a single text string into smaller parts based on a chosen character. This is often done using functions like STRING_SPLIT, which ...

JSON has stolen some of XML's thunder with features such as human and machine readability, a lightweight, compact text structure and support for many software and hardware platforms. JSON (JavaScript ...

The more I use Power Query and the M language that underpins it, the more I see how useful it is – quite apart from its abilities to import data from other data sources – as a third option (after ...