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SQL SERVER – TOP and DISTINCT – Epic Confusion – SQL in Sixty Seconds #141

November 4, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Operator, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

DBAs from the client’s organization ended up an argument about how T-SQL works. The discussion was about the epic confusion about TOP and DISTINCT.

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SQL SERVER – CREATE Statement in TRANSACTION

November 3, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
DDL Operation, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Transactions, Transaction Isolation

Recently my client of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check asked me if we can use the CREATE statement in the TRANSACTION or not.

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SQL Authority 14 Years of Daily Blogging and Upcoming Changes

November 2, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Milestone, SQL Server

Yesterday’s blog was also a 5286 continuous blog (today’s blog is 5287th).  I am truly honored that many are reading my blog after 14 years. 

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How to Write Efficient Query? – Interview Question of the Week #300

November 1, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Query Rewrite, SQL Milestone, SQL Server

Question: How to Write Efficient Query?

Answer: There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Let us learn about it today.

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SQL SERVER – Follow Up Question on Write Efficient Query

October 31, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Query Rewrite, SQL Server

Earlier this week, I published a video Performance Challenge – Write Efficient Query – SQL in Sixty Seconds #140. The video got amazing feedback.

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Performance Challenge – Write Efficient Query – SQL in Sixty Seconds #140

October 30, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Operator, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

Recently while working with my client I ended up in a very interesting situation where my client wanted me to write an Efficient Query.

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SQL SERVER – Fix Error 8632 – Internal Error: An expression Services Limit Has Been Reached

October 29, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Upgrade

When we tried to run a few of their stored procedure. How we can fix Error 8632 – Internal Error: An expression Services Limit Has Been Reached.

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SQL SERVER – Scan Count Zero for Statistics IO

October 28, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, Primary Key, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

On the production server and they noticed scan count as Zero on the result. They reached out to me asking what actually it means.

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SET STATISTICS TIME ON – SQL in Sixty Seconds 139

October 27, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL DateTime, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Statistics

Do you know how long your query took to execution? Well, let us learn that today in SQL in Sixty Seconds. We will discuss SET STATISTICS TIME ON.

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SQL SERVER Tools I Use and Recommend (Updated: October 2020)

October 26, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
Recommend Tools, SQL Server, SQL Utility, Tools

Here is the updated list for October 2020 of all the tools which I recommend. Do let me know if you use any of the above tools.

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