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SQL SERVER – Find Business Days Between Dates

July 5, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Business Days Between Dates require a defined calendar and endpoint rule. This example counts inclusive Monday-to-Friday dates for July 2021.

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One Scan for 3 Count Sum – SQL in Sixty Seconds #178

July 2, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Execution Plan, SQL Function, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Well, the answer is pretty straight forward and that is what we are going to see in today’s video of One Scan for 3 Count Sum.

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TRUNCATE TABLE WITH PARTITIONS: Empty One Partition Fast

July 1, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Delete, SQL Scripts, SQL Transactions, Table Partitioning

TRUNCATE TABLE WITH PARTITIONS empties one partition and logs far less than DELETE. See the syntax, the index rule and the limits in SQL Server.

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SQL Server – Single Scan for 3 Operations – COUNT(*) COUNT(1) SUM(1)

June 30, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Function, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Today we will take the same conversation to the next level by discussing Single Scan for 3 Operations – COUNT(*) COUNT(1) SUM(1).

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SUM(1) vs COUNT(1) Performance Battle – SQL in Sixty Seconds #177

June 29, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL Function, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Based on my recent two videos, I got lots of questions about SUM(1) vs COUNT(1) Performance Battle. Let us see that in today’s video.

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Latch Waits at the Top: Reading sys.dm_os_latch_stats

June 28, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
DBA, SQL DMV, SQL Performance, SQL Wait Stats

Sample SQL Server latch waits by class, then connect ACCESS_METHODS_DATASET_PARENT, FGCB_ADD_REMOVE, and LOG_MANAGER to the next check.

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SQL SERVER – SUM(1) vs COUNT(*) – Performance Observation

June 25, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

My Performance Observation found similar counting plans for a nonempty table. SUM(1) and COUNT(*) still differ on empty input.

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