Here are the 2018 blog posts you visited the most:
10. What’s New in SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.1: Faster Functions We’re excited about a lot of stuff in 2019, but this is by far and away the winner.
9. How to Check Performance on a New SQL Server Start with the easy way: testing your maintenance jobs. Your backup, restore, and CHECKDB should all be faster than the existing box.
8. Announcing SQL Server 2019 Erik caught the name of the new version when Microsoft leaked it in the online documentation.
7. How I Configure SQL Server Management Studio A screenshot tour of what I do when I go into Tools, Options.
6. Why Multiple Plans for One Query Are Bad Demoing unparameterized queries, showing why Optimize for Ad Hoc doesn’t fix it, and Forced Parameterization does.
5. The First 3 Things I Look At on a SQL Server Are backups and CHECKDB being done? How’s the hardware compared to data size? What’s the wait time ratio?
4. 6 DBA Lessons I Wish Someone Would Have Taught Me Earlier Starting with, the name of the job isn’t necessarily what it does.
3. Leaked: SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters Introduction Video Right before Ignite, Microsoft leaked a video, and it made its way onto HackerNews.
2. How Much Memory is “Normal” for SQL Servers? Analyzing SQL ConstantCare data to help folks better understand how their boxes are configured compared to others.
1. Two Important Differences Between SQL Server and PostgreSQL CTEs are optimization fences, and you can’t just jump into an IF statement.