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Dec8

What is the Priority of Database Scoped Configurations? – Interview Question of the Week #254

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Database Scoped Configurations, SQL CPU, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration
2 Comments

Question: What is the Priority of Database Scoped Configurations over Global Configuration at Server Level?

Answer: This is a follow-up question.

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Dec7

SQL SERVER – Database Scoped Configurations

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Database Scoped Configurations, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
No Comments

Recently I was asked a very interesting question by one of my clients on the topic of Database Scoped Configurations. Let us learn today.

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Dec6

SQL SERVER – Mismatch Between sys.database_files and sys.master_files For TempDB Database

Pinal Dave
SQL
File format, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL TempDB
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I would share my knowledge and findings of a situation where there was a mismatch between sys.database_files and sys.master_files for the TempDB database!

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Dec5

SQL PASS 2019 – Session Feedback – Elementary! The Curious Case of Deceptive Query Optimizer

Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
SQL PASS
No Comments

Let us see the session feedback of Elementary! The Curious Case of Deceptive Query Optimizer. I have built this session from my experience.

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Dec4

SQL SERVER – Extended Event to Capture Memory Grant Feedback

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Memory Grant, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure
No Comments

In this blog post, we will learn about the extended event to capture memory grant feedback. I created this extended event during recent consultancy.

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Dec3

SQL SERVER Tools I Use and Recommend (Updated: December 2019)

Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
Recommend Tools, SQL Server, SQL Utility, Tools
1 Comment

Here is the updated list for December 2019 of all the tools which I recommend. Do let me know if you use any of the above tools.

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Dec2

SQL SERVER – MemoryGrantInfo Property Explanation

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Memory Grant, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server 2019
1 Comment

I have been writing about the Memory Grant Feedback feature. Today we will discuss various properties of MemoryGrantInfo in this blog post.

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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.

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