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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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How to Add Constraint With No Validation? – Interview Question of the Week #299

October 25, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Error Messages, SQL Identity, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Add Constraint With No Validation?

Answer: I got this question from one of my clients of who is an Oracle user.

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SQL SERVER – Identity and Constraint Confusion

October 24, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Identity, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

What is going on with their server as I had no access to their data or schema. Let us learn about how identity and constraint confusion created problems.

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Single Installer for SSMS and ADS – SQL in Sixty Seconds #138

October 23, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Azure Data Studio, SQL Azure, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

Microsoft has recently released a single installer which now installs SSMS and ADS both together in a single Installation. 

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Find Outdated Statistics – SQL in Sixty Seconds #137

October 22, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

Is it possible that your statistics are many years old but still are valid? It is difficult to find Outdated Statistics is not as easy as it seems.

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SQL SERVER – Find Oldest Updated Statistics – Outdated Statistics

October 21, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

The word which they had used was Outdated Statistics. Let us learn more about it in today’s blog post. Find Oldest Updated Statistics

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Arrow in Execution Plan – SQL in Sixty Seconds #136

October 20, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Operator, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

Do you know what a single arrow means in an execution plan? While we popularly call it the arrow, there is a technical name for these little arrows.

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SQL SERVER – Adding Values Containing NULLs

October 19, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL NULL, SQL Operator, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Today we will see a very simple blog post about Adding Values Containing NULLs. During the consulting engagement of Health Check.

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