I would like to start this post with an interesting question: Where in MS SQL Server is “100” equals to “0”? And I am not talking about data types now.. Today I will be presenting the answer to this question and some topics related to it. Creating Indices in SQL Server is one of the [...]
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SQL SERVER – Fillfactor, Index and In-depth Look at Effect on Performance
Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL BOL, SQL Index, SQL Optimization, SQL Performance, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on December 16, 2009 | 15 Comments »
SQL SERVER – Difference TempTable and Table Variable – TempTable in Memory a Myth
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 December 15, 2009 | 34 Comments »
Recently, I have been conducting many training sessions at a leading technology company in India. During the discussion of temp table and table variable, I quite commonly hear that Table Variables are stored in memory and Temp Tables are stored in TempDB. I would like to bust this misconception by suggesting following: Temp Table and [...]
SQLAuthority News – An Year of Personal Events – A Life Outside SQL
Posted in About Me, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology on December 14, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Today I will keep the words very short and will convey story in three simple photographs. This post answers the question – “Do I have life outside SQL?” YES! I do and it is very beautiful. December 12, 2009 September 1, 2009 December 12, 2008 Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com)
SQL SERVER – White Paper – Partitioned Table and Index Strategies Using SQL Server 2008
Posted in Best Practices, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Index, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL White Papers, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology, tagged SQL Partitioned on December 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Partitioned Table and Index Strategies Using SQL Server 2008 Writer: Ron Talmage, Solid Quality Mentors Technical Reviewer: Denny Lee, Wey Guy, Kevin Cox, Lubor Kollar, Susan Price – Microsoft Greg Low, Herbert Albert – Solid Quality Mentors When a database table grows in size to the hundreds of gigabytes or more, it can become more [...]
SQLAuthority News – Featured on Channel 9
Posted in About Me, Database, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL String, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News, SQLAuthority Website Review, T SQL, Technology on December 12, 2009 | 16 Comments »
This blog was featured on Channel 9 MSDN over here : TWC9: Scott Hanselman, Jon Galloway, Bing, parallel unit tests, more. I was very proud that this blog was discussed for more than 5 mins (from min 18 to min 23) on my favorite online show. Scott Hanselman, Jon Galloway along with Dan Fernandez make [...]
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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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