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SQLAuthority News – FREE Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN
Posted in SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News, SQLServer, T SQL, Technology on July 12, 2010 | 158 Comments »
SQL SERVER – Parallelism – Row per Processor – Row per Thread – Thread 0
Posted in Pinal Dave, Readers Contribution, Readers Question, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on July 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Earlier I had posted article answering question. “When SQL Server executes any query on multiple processors, do all processors process equal numbers of rows?” Read the answer over SQL SERVER – Parallelism – Row per Processor – Row per Thread. In the same article, I had asked back to readers as well. “If you look carefully [...]
SQLAuthority News – Milestone – 1400th Post and Why do I blog
Posted in About Me, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Milestone, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on July 10, 2010 | 15 Comments »
I am very glad today that I have reached milestone of 1400th post. I was looking back to my journey which I started on Nov 1, 2006 and I feel that it has been long way. I have noticed a lot of changes in myself too. Earlier, I used to write a milestone post every [...]
SQLAuthority News – I am a MVP and I Love SQL Server
Posted in About Me, MVP, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL User Group, T SQL, Technology on July 9, 2010 | 20 Comments »
I am very glad that I received this prestigious award for the third time in a row. I am very thankful to Microsoft for introducing this wonderful technology of SQL Server. I enjoy getting involved with the community, which also helps in my self-improvement as well. I would like to take this moment to thank [...]
SQL SERVER – The Self Join – Inner Join and Outer Join
Posted in Pinal Dave, Readers Question, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Joins, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on July 8, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Self Join has always been an note-worthy case. It is interesting to ask questions on self join in a room full of developers. I often ask – if there are three kind of joins, i.e.- Inner Join, Outer Join and Cross Join; what type of join is Self Join? The usual answer is that it [...]
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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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