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SSMS Efficiency – Replace STAR – SQL in Sixty Seconds #130

October 7, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

You might have heard that SELECT * is bad for queries performance. Let us learn in today’s video how we can replace STAR (*) by column name.

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Cycle Clipboard Ring – SQL in Sixty Seconds #129

October 6, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Shortcut, SSMS

Copy (CTRL + C) and Paste (CTRL + V) are the friends of the DBAs and Developers. In SQL Server it is totally possible to use the Cycle Clipboard Ring.

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SET STATISTICS IO ON – SQL in Sixty Seconds #128

October 5, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Statistics, SSMS

I am working with clients on helping them tune their SQL Server Performance. Let us learn how we can use SET STATISTICS IO to check the query’s performance.

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Change Database

How to Change Database File Size? – Interview Question of the Week #296

October 4, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Shrinking Database, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

Question: How to Change Database File Size?

Answer: By Shrinking the files. Now, many have a negative opinion about Shrinkfile.

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Pluralsight – Storing and Managing Data with Postgres on Heroku

October 3, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
Heroku, Pluralsight, PostgreSQL

I have recently released a new course at Pluralsight on Storing and Managing Data with Postgres on Heroku. Let us learn more about it today.

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Performance Comparison – IN vs BETWEEN – SQL in Sixty Seconds #127

October 2, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL Comparison, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Operator, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Yesterday I blogged about SQL SERVER – Performance Comparison – BETWEEN, IN, and Operators. Following that, I got many emails about the topic.

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SQL SERVER – Performance Comparison – BETWEEN, IN and Operators

October 1, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Operator, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

In today’s blog post let us discuss Performance Comparison – BETWEEN, IN, and Operators. I recently discussed this during the Health Check. 

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