The neverending story about Guids
Ok. So, today I came across a performance issue at work that might or might not have to do with the fact that we are using random Guids in a certain table. I decided to accelerate the post I was writing about this, so it could benefit me and my colleagues, and of course, you. In my days as a SQL Developer and DBA I have come across a lot of performance issues that were caused by these tiny little monsters. To explain, let's take a dive into the subject: SQL Server is a great database product with great performance. That is, when you know what (and why) you are doing. Of course, you all know a lot of that performance has to do with indexes, so you want your…