1. Third Party Tools for SQL Server
Cristian Lefter
Principal, Esential Training
@xmldeveloper

2. CONTENT 1. Plan Explorer 2. SQL Code Guard 3. SQL Search
SQL Sentry LLC - Plan Explorer
2. SQL Code Guard
Red Gate Software Ltd - SQL Code Guard
3. SQL Search
Red Gate Software Ltd - SQL Search
4. SQL XEvent Profiler
Idera - SQL XEvent Profiler
CONTENT

3. Sponsors

4. 1. SQL Sentry - Plan Explorer

5. The best SQL query analysis and optimization tool

6. Plan Explorer - features
Optimized Layout – fit more of your plan in the same screen space
Color – red, orange, yellow draw your eye to problem areas
Join Diagram – see relationships without reverse engineering views
Parameters – compared compiled & runtime values (parameter sniffing)
Table I/O – see all the output from statistics I/O, in a sortable grid
Top Operations – show all details of each operator; sort by any metric
Statement Grid – see runtime metrics without SET STATISTICS / trace

7. Plan Explorer - features
History – review changes within or across tuning sessions
Wait Stats – see the wait statistics generated only by your session
Customizable Layout – see the graphical plan your way
Full Query Call Stack – unravel complicated nested / dynamic SQL
Deadlock Analysis – better info from our spin on the deadlock graph
Multiple Tabs – compare plans side-by-side
Live Query Profile + Replay – watch data movement, watch it again

8. Plan Explorer - New in 3.0 : Live Query Profile Enhancements
Charts show resource usage (CPU, I/O, Waits)
Operators are re-costed to show actual vs. estimated
Replay the plan without executing the query again
Pause, rewind, speed up, slow down
Focus on interesting areas in resource charts

9. DEMO

10. 2. Red Gate - SQL Code Guard

11. SQL Code Guard is an add-in for SQL Server Management Studio 2016 that provides fast and comprehensive static analysis of T-SQL code.

12. SCG - SQL Static Code Analysis Rules
Best practice rules — Adhere to good industry practices.
Deprecated rules — T-SQL keywords or syntax discontinued by Microsoft.
Execution rules — Identify issues that may be problematic upon execution.
Miscellaneous rules — Rules that don't fall under one of the other categories.
Naming convention rules — Naming convention rules
Performance rules — Use of SQL that could cause performance problems.
Script rules — Issues to do with the SQL script and not the SQL itself.
Style rules — Code style issues.

13. DEMO

14. 3. Red Gate - SQL Search

15. Find SQL fast in SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio 2017.

16. SQL Search features
Find SQL fast in SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio 2017
Find fragments of SQL in tables, views, stored procedures, functions, jobs, and more
Quickly navigate to objects wherever they happen to be on a server
Search across multiple object types and multiple databases
Find all references to an object
Search with booleans and wildcards

17. DEMO

18. 4. Idera - SQL XEvent Profiler

19. Leveraging the SQL Server XEvents technology backend allows IDERA’s SQL XEvent Profiler to easily connect to local and remote SQL Servers without slowing them down.

20. DEMO

21. 5*. What else?

22. Replay Markup Language (RML) Utilities for SQL Server

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