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max server memory

Why ‘Max Server Memory’ Isn’t Always the Limit

August 20, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
DBA, SQL Memory, SQL Server Management Studio

What if I told you that setting a limit with “max server memory (MB)” doesn’t always mean SQL Server will stick to that limit?

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Logging Agent Jobs That Call Stored Procedures

August 15, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
DBA, SQL Server, SQL Server Agent, SQL Stored Procedure

Improve logging Agent jobs with procedure run records, start and end events, captured errors, step output, and history correlation.

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selling the invisible

Detailed Summary of “Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing” by Harry Beckwith

August 5, 2024
Pinal Dave
Personal
Career Advice, Life Lessons, Professional Development

Let me tell you about a book that seriously changed the way I think about marketing services. It’s called “Selling the Invisible” by Harry Beckwith.

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Cleaning Currency Strings Into decimal Values

August 1, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Datatype, SQL Function, SQL Server, SQL String

Convert currency strings into decimal amounts using known symbols, explicit parsing cultures, conversion checks, and rejection evidence.

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Extended Events

Capturing Stored Procedure Executions with Extended Events in SQL Server

July 11, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Extended Events, SQL Stored Procedure

Capturing stored procedure executions with Extended Events: set up a session with module_end, run a sample procedure, and query the captured data.

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DATETRUNC

A Walkthrough – DATETRUNC Function in SQL Server

June 28, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime

One such tool is the DATETRUNC function, introduced in SQL Server 2022. Let’s take a journey to understand how this function can simplify date handling.

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Functions and Missing

Functions and Missing Indexes – SQL in Sixty Seconds 204

June 27, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL Function, SQL Index

In this blog post, we will discuss the relationship between Functions and Missing Indexes Hints in SQL Server. Functions can reduce query performance.

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