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Multithreading caching in SQL CLR

Is there any mechanism available to a SQLCLR assembly for caching that will still work when the assembly is registered as "safe"? The cache needs to be thread-safe, so it can be shared by multiple ...
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Buffer usage for index with no reads

Using SQL Server 2008 R2, the main transactional table in a vendor database is massive compared to all others and has about 14 indexes. Some of these indexes don't get used in our environment, but we ...
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Why would I NOT use the SQL Server option “optimize for ad hoc workloads”?

I've been reading some great articles regarding SQL Server plan caching by Kimberly Tripp such as this one: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/plan-cache-and-optimizing-for-adhoc-workloads/ Why ...
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Does SQL Server cache data results for DAO?

I was surprised to be confronted with the idea that using .NET and DAO one could make use of the SQL Server data cache in a way not at all possible with stored procedures (which benefit from the plan ...
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Stored procedure compilation blocking due to many parameters to sp_executesql

I am seeing blocking due to locks on compiling a particular stored procedure (as described in KB 263889). Basically, several processes are waiting with LCK_M_X on the same resource "TAB: ...
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How to boost performance of virgin queries in MS SQL Server?

I have ASP.NET web site that does it's own independent caching of data and data does not change for long periods of time, so it does not need to query SQL Server second time with same query. I need to ...
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Definitive list of steps for SQL Server baseline testing?

Before running a performance test / baseline for an app that uses SQL Server, I want to be able to set the instance to a "clean" state, without restarting the instance. There are steps I tend to ...
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How much memory is a table taking up?

Is there a way to find out how much memory a table is taking up in SQL Server (2005 and greater)? For example, suppose I have a table with 30 million records. I'd like to know how many pages ...