I have been reeving lots of feedback from blog readers and what I have learned that they all wanted me to write about SQL Server Community news at least once a week. I am not sure if I can write every week what are happening in SQL Server world but I promise to write about [...]
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SQLAuthority News – Lots of SQL Server News – Tip of the Article
Posted in Database, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Documentation, SQL Download, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SQL SERVER – Profiler – Adding Filters – Observation on CPU Load
Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Add-On, SQL Authority, SQL Performance, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL Utility, T SQL, Technology, tagged SQL Profiler on March 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today I am blog about something which I found recently while working with SQL Server Profiler. Profiler can be invoked just typing profiler in command prompt. I am using Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit (License Version) and SQL Server 2008 Development (License Version). The reason I have put “License Version” because I encourage everybody to [...]
SQL SERVER – What is Your Favorite Database? – Poll Continuous
Posted in Database, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology, tagged Poll on March 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I have published SQL Server Poll about What is Your Favorite Database? to get feedback from readers of this blog about what is their favorite database. I have received so far tremendous response. This poll will continue through out this month and will close on 1st of April. I will post all the statistic once [...]
SQL SERVER – Difference Between Union vs. Union All – Optimal Performance Comparison
Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Optimization, SQL Performance, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on March 11, 2009 | 26 Comments »
More than a year ago I had written article SQL SERVER – Union vs. Union All – Which is better for performance? I have got many request to update this article. It is not fair to update already written article so I am rewriting it again with additional information. UNION The UNION command is used [...]
SQL SERVER – Pad Ride Side of Number with 0 – Fixed Width Number Display
Posted in Best Practices, Pinal Dave, Readers Question, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Function, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL Utility, T SQL, Technology on March 10, 2009 | 23 Comments »
Today we will look something which is very quick and but quite frequently useful string operation over numeric datatype. This article is written based on question asked by one of the user (name not disclosed as per request). Email was received as following: Dear Pinal, I have situation where I need to display my numbers [...]
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Pinal Dave is a Microsoft Technology Evangelist (Database and BI). He has written over 2000 articles on the subject on his blog at http://blog.sqlauthority.com. Along with 8+ years of hands on experience he holds a Masters of Science degree and a number of certifications, including MCTS, MCDBA and MCAD (.NET). He is co-author of three SQL Server books - SQL Server Programming, SQL Wait Stats and SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for three continuous years for his contribution in community.
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