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Tips for using jobs in SQL Server 2012

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Tips for using jobs in SQL Server 2012 Specify the understandable job name. Try to specify the job’s name so, that the name describes what the job makes. By using so, you can simplify jobs administering and monitoring. Try to separate very large job into several small jobs. This can improve performance, and can be useful to maintenance the jobs...

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Tips for using views in SQL Server 2012

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Tips for using views in SQL Server 2012 Keep the indexes on the views as narrow as possible. Because each index takes up disk space try to minimize the index key’s size to avoid using superfluous disk space. This reduces the number of reads required to read the index and boost overall index performance. Consider using indexed views. Indexed views...

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Tips for using Very Large Databases in SQL Server 2012

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Tips for using Very Large Databases in SQL Server 2012 Use distributed partitioned views to partition tables horizontally across multiple servers. By using distributed partitioned views you can greatly improve the very large database performance. Turn off the "automatically grow file" and "auto shrink" options for your very large database. Autogrowing and autoshrinking result in some performance degradation, therefore you...

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Tips for using SQL Server 2012 file and filegroups

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Tips for using SQL Server 2012 file and filegroups Microsoft SQL Server 2012 introduces many new useful stored procedures, functions and operators. Some actions you can perform without these new features, but usually using them provides more easy and effective way to accomplish the same goal. For example, Microsoft introduces SQL Server FILESTREAM technology that enables SQL Server-based applications to...

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SQL Server 2012 Linked Servers Optimization Tips

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SQL Server 2012 Linked Servers Optimization Tips Try to avoid the ad hoc queries that use the OPENROWSET or the OPENDATASOURCE functions to access remote data. Create a linked server and perform a linked server’s query instead of using an ad hoc query with OPENROWSET or OPENDATASOURCE functions. Using the linked server’s queries to access remote data is more efficient...

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Tips for using SQL Server 2012 Snapshot Replication

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Tips for using SQL Server 2012 Snapshot Replication SQL Server 2012 introduces AlwaysOn Availability Groups. This is a high-availability and disaster-recovery solution that provides an enterprise-level alternative to database mirroring. AlwaysOn Availability Groups maximizes the availability of a set of user databases for an enterprise and supports a failover environment for a discrete set of user databases, known as availability...

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Tips for using SQL Server 2012 stored procedures

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Tips for using SQL Server 2012 stored procedures Include the SET NOCOUNT ON statement into your stored procedures. This can reduce network traffic, because your client will not receive the message indicating the number of rows affected by a Transact-SQL statement. Try to avoid using temporary tables and DDL (Data Definition Language) statements inside your stored procedure. Using temporary tables...

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SQL Server 2012 Full-Text Search Optimization Tips

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SQL Server 2012 Full-Text Search Optimization Tips Consider using the new custom NEAR option of the CONTAINS predicate or CONTAINSTABLE function. SQL Server 2012 introduces new custom NEAR option of the CONTAINS predicate or CONTAINSTABLE function. By using the custom NEAR option you can do the following: – optionally specify the maximum number of non-search terms that separate the first...

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Tips for using SQL Server 2012 indexed views

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Tips for using SQL Server 2012 indexed views One of the ways to optimize SQL Server 2012 performance is using indexed views. You can improve performance by creating a unique clustered index on the view, if the view is frequently referenced in queries that involve complex processing, such as aggregating lots of data or joining many rows. After creating a...

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Tips for using SQL Server 2012 Distributed Queries

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Tips for using SQL Server 2012 Distributed Queries Ensure that user own the table or a member of the sysadmin fixed server role, the db_owner fixed database role, or the db_ddladmin fixed database role on the linked server. To create the best query plans when you are using a table on a linked server that an instance of SQL Server,...

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