In an effort to make leading wildcard searches sargable, Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) plays around with a trigram-type implementation in SQL Server.
Aaron Bertrand acknowledges that DISTINCT and GROUP BY are usually interchangeable, but shows there are cases where one performs better than the other.
Erin Stellato (@erinstellato) takes a look at the new COMPRESS and DECOMPRESS functions, comparing their impact on space and performance to traditional data compression.
Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) explains a few details about the memory limits in SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 that make this upgrade even more compelling.
Microsoft has made a bold change with SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 : Many Enterprise features are now available in lower editions. Read on for details.
After a recent conversation on Twitter, Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) shows where excessive comments in your stored procedures might have an impact on performance.
