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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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SQL Server Cache population on server / service startup

We have upgraded our SQL Server instance with buckets of RAM, so it can now much more effectively cache . The issue is that it takes time (days) to populate the cache. As far as I understand this is ...