Today we will be going over a simple but interesting concept. Many a time, I have come across the lack of understanding on how the transactions work in SQL Server. Today we will go over a small but interesting observation. One of my clients had recently invited me to help them out with an interview [...]
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SQL SERVER – TRANSACTION, DML and Schema Locks
Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Interview Questions and Answers, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLServer, T SQL, Technology, tagged SQL Transactions on June 21, 2010 | 9 Comments »
SQL SERVER – Free Download – SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit
Posted in SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Documentation, SQL Download, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology on June 20, 2010 | 6 Comments »
SQL Server 2008 R2 is released and have been a stable product since the day it is released. I have not received any complains or rants from any of my customers who has upgraded to this version. The number one request is how one can learn about the new features of SQL Server or how [...]
SQLAuthority News – Delivering Two SQL Sessions at SQL Data Camp at Chennai – July 17, 2010
Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Index, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority Author Visit, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology, tagged SQL Spatial on June 19, 2010 | 7 Comments »
SQL Server Community is very strong community world-wide. In India SQL is considered as one of the most popular technology. Chennai is the only city in India where there are more than 3 SQL Server MVPs are from. My MVP friends has arranged one of the very first whole day SQL event in India at [...]
SQLAuthority News – Interview with SQL Server MVP Madhivanan – A Real Problem Solver
Posted in MVP, Readers Contribution, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on June 18, 2010 | 31 Comments »
Madhivanan (SQL Server MVP) is a real community hero. He is known for his two skills – 1) Help Community and 2) Help Community. I have met him many times and every time I feel if anybody in online world needs help Madhivanan does his best to reach them out and solve problem. His name [...]
SQL SERVER – Data Pages in Buffer Pool – Data Stored in Memory Cache
Posted in DMV, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL DMV, SQL Optimization, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on June 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This will drop all the clean buffers so we will be able to start again from there. Now, run the following script and check the execution plan of the query. Have you ever wondered what types of data are there in your cache? During SQL Server Trainings, I am usually asked if there is any [...]
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