Index Bloat in Postgres: Why It Matters, How to Identify, How to Resolve
Index bloat in Postgres can cause problems, but it’s easy to miss.
I’ve written about how vacuum problems can prevent PostgreSQL from …
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My new one day training session, “SQL Server Index Formulas: Problems and Solutions”, is now available for just $99!

Join me on Friday, April 1, 2016 in Huntington Beach to learn about choosing the right index keys (in the right order), the glories and disasters of included columns, pitfalls and triumphs with indexed views and filtered indexes, how to identify the right scenarios for partitioning, and how to navigate the weird world of missing index requests. You’ll also learn how new features like SQL Server 2016 QueryStore will change the way we do index tuning.
This two minute video describes what you’ll learn.
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