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12 Years, 50 Courses: A Tale of Enthusiasm, Determination, and Resilience

July 26, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
Life Lessons, Pluralsight, SQL Milestone

12 Years, 50 Courses looks back on how one SQL Server video course grew into more than fifty, the setbacks along the way, and the people who made it possible.

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Schema-Level Permissions: Granting on a Schema, Not Each Object

July 25, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
DBA, Schema, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

Apply schema-level permissions to a database role, include future tables automatically, separate internal data, and review grants.

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Given-When-Then for Database Tests

July 24, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, Software Development, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure, Testing

Use Given-When-Then for readable database tests with known input, explicit THROW checks, and transaction rollback after each case.

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STRING-AGG-Function

SQL SERVER – STRING_AGG Function to Concatenate Strings

July 21, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL String

We were able to improve the performance of the query by using STRING_AGG Function to Concatenate Strings. Let us learn.

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SQL SERVER 2022 – GENERATE_SERIES Function

July 20, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Server 2022

Recognizing an opportunity for optimization, we replaced the original series generation logic in the stored procedure with the GENERATE_SERIES function.

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Monitoring Database Autogrowth Settings.

SQL SERVER – Monitoring Database Autogrowth Settings

July 19, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Data Storage, SQL Server Configuration

Monitoring Database Autogrowth Settings is important and is what I often end up discussing in Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check;

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SQL SERVER – Generating Complex Passwords with T-SQL

July 18, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Password

The client needed a robust method for generating complex passwords directly within their SQL Server database. Let us see today.

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