Comments on: Ageing code https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2026/02/10/ageing-code/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Rob Farley https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2026/02/10/ageing-code/#comment-23025 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:47:49 +0000 https://lobsterpot.com.au/?p=6344#comment-23025 In reply to Hugo Kornelis.

Yes, true. I was using smaller numbers than I would typically see in a scaling environment.

]]> By: Hugo Kornelis https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2026/02/10/ageing-code/#comment-22617 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:23:06 +0000 https://lobsterpot.com.au/?p=6344#comment-22617 Uhm. Minor thing here. With TOP(100), a Sort (Top N Sort) operator will never have a large memory grant. If you change the example to use TOP (129) (or more), then you would be correct.

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