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Mar1

How to Join Two Tables Without Using Join Keywords? – Interview Question of the Week #266

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
8 Comments

Question: How to Join Two Tables Without Using Join Keywords?

Answer: In my life, I have attended many interviews as an interviewer.

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Feb29

SQL SERVER – Import Data from Excel

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Excel, SQL Server, SSIS
3 Comments

One of the very popular questions I receive is how to import data from Excel in SQL Server. Let us learn about that in this blog post.

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Feb28

SQL SERVER – Displaying Smiley in SSMS – Emoji

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
emoji, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS
6 Comments

Recently I had an interesting conversation with my client about Emoji in SQL Server. It is possible to create your database with any emoji.

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Feb27

SQL SERVER – TempDB and Trace Flag 1117 and 1118 – Not Required

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Server, SQL TempDB, TraceFlags
7 Comments

Yes, it is true that from SQL Server 2016, Trace Flag 1117 and 1118 are not required. Recently I was hired by a large banking firm to help.

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Feb26

SQL SERVER – Error 15580 – Cannot Drop Master Key Because Dialog “GUID” is Encrypted by It

Pinal Dave
SQL
Service Broker, SQL Error Messages, SQL GUID, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Encryption, SQL Server Security
1 Comment

In this blog, I would share my knowledge about how to fix error 15580 – Cannot drop the master key because dialog “GUID” is encrypted by it.

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Feb25

SQL SERVER – Drivers for DevOps – Efficient Monitoring

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
DevOps, Redgate, SQL Server
No Comments

DevOps is now a part of the volubility of the DBA. Let us talk about today how Efficient Monitoring is one of the important drivers for DevOps.

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Feb24

SQL SERVER – Unable to Allocate Enough Memory to Start ‘SQL OS Boot’. Reduce Non-essential Memory Load or Increase System Memory

Pinal Dave
SQL
In-Memory OLTP, SQL Error Messages, SQL Performance, SQL Server, Starting SQL
No Comments

In this blog, I would share my learning about error “Unable to allocate enough memory to start ‘SQL OS Boot’. Let us learn the workaround.

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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 104 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).


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Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check

Is your SQL Server running slow and you want to speed it up without sharing server credentials? In my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we can work together remotely and resolve your biggest performance troublemakers in less than 4 hours.

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