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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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25 Recent SQL in Sixty Seconds Video

September 18, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance

I have been recording SQL in the Sixty Seconds videos for many years. I would like to share my recent 25 SQL in the Sixty Seconds video.

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SQL SERVER – Delete Statement and Index Usage

September 17, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Delete, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

The client wanted to know if the index help with the DELETE command as well. The answer is yes, Indexes do help with the DELETE statement.

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SQL SERVER – What is Spinlock?

September 16, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Latch, SQL Memory, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL Spinlock

After reading both the blog post, I got another question from my client on What is Spinlock? Let us discuss today What is Spinlock. 

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SQL SERVER – What is Latch?

September 15, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Latch, SQL Memory, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

Earlier I wrote about SQL SERVER – SQLOS Scheduler and the Process States, lots of people liked the blog post and asked me another question – What is Latch?

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SQL SERVER – SQLOS Scheduler and the Process States

September 14, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Server
CPU Scheduler, CPU Threads, SQL CPU, SQL Server, SQL Wait Stats

I strongly suggest that you first watch it before we continue on today’s topic of SQLOS Scheduler and the Process States.

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Where are SQL Jobs Stored? – Interview Question of the Week #293

September 13, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Jobs, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: Where is SQL Jobs Stored?

Answer: In MSDB Database in dbo.sysjobs table. Let us learn about it in today’s blog post.

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CONCAT and NULL – SQL in Sixty Seconds #123

September 12, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL Function, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server, SQL String

I have decided to convert the blog into the video of SQL in the Sixty Seconds. Let us learn about CONCAT and NULL – SQL in Sixty Seconds #123.

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