When working with SQL Server as part of your Business Intelligence (BI) toolkit, you're likely familiar with the frustration of slow query execution times. A few strategic tweaks can significantly ...

In SQL Server 2017, automatic plan correction was added, which allows for the database engine to automatically use the "last known good plan" for a query that has suddenly regressed in performance.

Sometimes query execution in VSCode-mssql is very slow, lags for 10-20s before anything happens. I'm pretty sure it's not my database being slow because the exact same query in SQL Server Studio never ...

Query execution time includes the time it takes to compile the query. This can sometimes represent a substantial portion of the overall query execution time and consume significant system resources ...