SQL Server A to Z – Statistics

I may be on vacation, but the alphabet goes on. We’re up to the letter S and that stands for Seville, siesta, and statistics! Suppose you’re invited to join a fantasy football league, but you know absolutely nothing about any of the players (maybe that’s why you were invited). How do you know which quarterback [...]

October 24, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: SQL Tuning  2 Comments

Stuff I learned … yesterday – statistics

Yesterday was a pretty full day between training and the ONSSUG June meeting immediately afterwards, so I didn’t get a chance to blog.  Anyway, I did learn something yesterday, but it didn’t come from the class I’m taking.  Erin Stellato (blog | twitter) gave a great presentation at ONSSUG about statistics.  I really wish she’d had more [...]

June 8, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Features, SQL Tuning  No Comments