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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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Nested Transactions are Myth – SQL in Sixty Seconds #125

September 25, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Transactions

Many sent me an email that they want to know more about the nested transactions. Let us learn about them in today’s blog post. 

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SQL SERVER – Finding Open Transactions for Session – @@TRANCOUNT

September 24, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Transactions

How do I find the open transactions for any session? One of my clients recently asked me during the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.

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SQL SERVER – Simple Recovery Model and Restrictions

September 23, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Recovery Model, SQL Backup, SQL Log, SQL Restore, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I received a question from a client that they want to move their database from the Full Recovery Model to the Simple Recovery Model, can they do it?

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Dropping Temp Table in Stored Procedure – SQL in Sixty Seconds #124

September 22, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL TempDB, Temp Table

Is it necessary to drop a temp table created in the stored procedure? I was recently asked this question during the Comprehensive Database Performance.

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SQL SERVER – Simple Explanation FORCE DEFAULT CARDINALITY ESTIMATION

September 21, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
c, Cardinality, Query Hint, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

One of my client of Health Check recently asked me if I can help them understand how FORCE DEFAULT CARDINALITY ESTIMATION works

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What is Temp Stored Procedures? – Interview Question of the Week #294

September 20, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL TempDB, Temp Table

Temp stored procedures are the SPthat are created with the help of the # at the beginning of the name and only available until the SQL Server restarts.

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SQL SERVER – Running Log Backup While Taking Full Backup

September 19, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Log, SQL Restore, SQL Server, Transaction Log

They found out that they have a full backup running for one of the largest servers and at the same time they are running a log backup on the same server.

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