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SQL Server Management Studio Provides–“XE Profiler”

SQL Server According to Bob

Bob Ward and I worked with our SQL Server Tool developers (thanks David) to enable ‘Q uick XE Trace ’ capabilities. The feature is available in the latest SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) release. Here is an example using the SQL Server SSMS 2017 against my SQL 2016 server.

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World’s Top Web Performance Leaders To Watch

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Reading time 16 min Whether you’re a web performance expert, an evangelist for the culture of performance, a web engineer incorporating performance into your process, or someone new to the web performance entirely, you probably identify as curious, excited about new ideas, and always learning. Rick Byers.

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SQL Server on Linux: CU4 – NewSequentialId() – Uuid

SQL Server According to Bob

Prior to SQL Server 2017 CU4 for Linux (Linux only) the generation of a sequential UUID may not function as expected. SQL Server’s NewSequentialId () calls the Windows API UuidCreateSequential , which is limited in SQLPAL, prior to the CU 4 update. Server B may be generating uuids that sort before those from Server A.

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SQL Server on Linux: Why Do I Have Two SQL Server Processes

SQL Server According to Bob

When starting SQL Server on Linux why are there two (2) sqlservr processes? systemctl status mssql-server mssql-server.service – Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine … CGroup: /system.slice/mssql-server.service ??85829 The Linux, sqlservr, WATCHDOG can perform a similar role.

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SQL Server Linux: fsync and Buffered I/O

SQL Server According to Bob

I was asked to validate the SQL Server behavior in light of the error condition involving fsync/fdatasync outlined in this article. SQL Server does NOT do this, in fact I made sure SQL Server on Linux does not allow this to occur. This issue does NOT impact SQL Server database, log and backup files.

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How It Works: SQL Server DTC (MSDTC and XA Transactions)

SQL Server According to Bob

Note: SQL Server can be a client using a linked server, allowing SQL Server to become an APP and/or an RM ). DtcGetTransactionManager contacts the host, performing a remote registry access to determine the connection and proxy information. Once the connection to SQL Server is established the APP executes the odbc!

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SQL Server on Linux: How is Delete-On-Close Handled

SQL Server According to Bob

Update Oct 2018 – SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.0. SQL Server 2019 changes the DELTE On CLOSE behavior used on Linux installations. Only currently open file descriptors may continue to perform reads, writes and fstat activities. Bob Dorr – Principal Software Engineer SQL Server. Restart the VM.

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