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How to Skip Top N Rows in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #237

August 11, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Ranking Functions, SQL Function, SQL Paging, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to skip top N Rows in SQL Server and retrieve the rest of the rows? Answer: I had asked the above question in one of the interviews last week.

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SQL SERVER – Patch Install Rule Error – Not Clustered or the Cluster Service is Up and Online

August 10, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL
DotNet, online, SQL Error Messages, SQL Patch, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Services

The error which we observed was a failure of a rule – Patch Install Rule Error – Not clustered or the cluster service is up and online.

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SQL SERVER – Changing Max Worker Count for Performance

August 9, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
CPU Threads, SQL CPU, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, SQL Wait Stats

I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – Best Value for Max Worker Count, after reading this blog post, I have received lots of emails.

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SQL SERVER – DELETE Qualified Rows From Multiple Tables – Part 2

August 8, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Contest, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

This is a follow-up blog post of the Winners and Solution – DELETE Qualified Rows From Multiple Tables. Today we will see another efficient solution.

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SQL SERVER – Best Value for Max Worker Count

August 7, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
CPU Threads, Parallel, SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Recently, one of my client who works for the large bank accidentally set incorrect max worker count, which lead to big performance problem.

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SQL SERVER – Retrieving N Rows After Ordering Query With OFFSET

August 6, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Paging, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Today, we will see the solution to very interesting question received by Martha about Retrieving N Rows After Ordering Query With OFFSET.

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SQL SERVER – List All Frequently Ran Stored Procedure From Server Cache

August 5, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Disk, SQL Cache, SQL CPU, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

We started working with my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check service and found very interesting details from the server cache. 

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How to Write in Text File from T-SQL in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #236

August 4, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Advanced Option, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL String

Question: How to Write in Text File from T-SQL in SQL Server?
The question above was actually asked in an interview and also was not asked in the same word.

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SQL SERVER – DBCC CHECKDB WITH PHYSICAL_ONLY Failing and DBCC CHECKDB Succeeding – Bug

August 3, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

One of my previous clients recently reached out with a strange bug where DBCC CHECKDB WITH PHYSICAL_ONLY failed and DBCC CHECKDB Succeeded.

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SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error: Microsoft NET Framework 4.0 Installation Has Failed With Exit Code – 2146498511

August 2, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL
Cumulative Update, DotNet, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, Starting SQL

The solution of error Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 installation has failed with exit code  -2146498511 which was faced during SQL Server upgrade

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