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SET STATISTICS IO ON – SQL in Sixty Seconds #128

October 5, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Statistics, SSMS

I am working with clients on helping them tune their SQL Server Performance. Let us learn how we can use SET STATISTICS IO to check the query’s performance.

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How to Change Database File Size? – Interview Question of the Week #296

October 4, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Shrinking Database, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

Question: How to Change Database File Size?

Answer: By Shrinking the files. Now, many have a negative opinion about Shrinkfile.

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Pluralsight – Storing and Managing Data with Postgres on Heroku

October 3, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
Heroku, Pluralsight, PostgreSQL

I have recently released a new course at Pluralsight on Storing and Managing Data with Postgres on Heroku. Let us learn more about it today.

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Performance Comparison – IN vs BETWEEN – SQL in Sixty Seconds #127

October 2, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL Comparison, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Operator, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Yesterday I blogged about SQL SERVER – Performance Comparison – BETWEEN, IN, and Operators. Following that, I got many emails about the topic.

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SQL SERVER – Performance Comparison – BETWEEN, IN and Operators

October 1, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Operator, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

In today’s blog post let us discuss Performance Comparison – BETWEEN, IN, and Operators. I recently discussed this during the Health Check. 

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SQL SERVER – Datatype Storing Unicode Character Strings

September 30, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Datatype, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String

I explained how Unicode datatype works, you can read that blog here SQL SERVER – Storing a Non-English String in Table – Unicode character strings.

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Varchar vs Nvarchar – Storing Non-English Characters – SQL in Sixty Seconds #126

September 29, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL Datatype, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL String

Let us learn how to store non-English Characters in SQL Server tables. You will learn in this video the major difference between VARCHAR and NVARCHAR.

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SQL SERVER – Storing a Non-English String in Table – Unicode Strings

September 28, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Datatype, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, Unicode

Yesterday I had a meeting with my client Performance Health Check, and they wanted to know how to store a non-English string in a table. 

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How to Get Volume Mount Point for SQL Server Files? – Interview Question of the Week #295

September 27, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Computer Network, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Get Volume Mount Point for SQL Server Files? 

Answer: I was asked this question by my client during the recent Health Check.

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Heroku – How to Deploy Postgres Add-Ons?

September 26, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Heroku, PostgreSQL

Recently I was helping one of my clients on Performance Health Check, they asked me if I know how to Deploy Postgres Add-Ons on Heroku.

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