Matan Yungman is our special host for today, who came especially to talk about his special project called "Rapido", which is capable of automatically tuning SQL queries at scale.

Perhaps there is some inspiration in it for us?

Relevant links:

• Matan Yungman | LinkedIn
• Matan Yungman (@MatanYungman) / X
• SQL Server 2025 is Now Generally Available | Microsoft Community Hub
• Intelligent Query Processing - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn

Guy and Eitan talk about the new preview version of SSMS, application locks, and stupid troubles with TempDB shrinkage.

Relevant links:

• Announcing the Release of SQL Server Management Studio 22 Preview 3 | Microsoft Community Hub
• Release Notes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 Preview 3
• Get Started - GitHub Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio (Preview) | Microsoft Learn
• Overview of the Query Hint Recommendation Tool (Preview) - SQL Server Management Studio | Microsoft Learn
• Announcing the Release of SSMS 22 Preview 4 | Microsoft Community Hub
• sp_getapplock (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn
• microsoft-dbas-club/Utility Scripts/Shrink_Database_File_in_Specified_Increments.sql
• microsoft-dbas-club/TempDB/TempDB_Sizing_Check_and_Remediation.sql
• microsoft-dbas-club/TempDB/TempDB Space Utilization Check.sql

We let a dice roll decide today's topic, and the winner ended up being: Computed Columns with PERSISTED and Indexed Expressions. We give our thoughts about it, best practices, pit falls, and tips.

Relevant links:

• SQL Server 2025 Preview RC1: Now Supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 | Microsoft Community Hub
• Specify computed columns in a table - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn
• Indexes on computed columns - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn