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Oct2

SQL SERVER – Drop Multiple Columns from a Single Table

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Server
No Comments

DBA was dropping the unused columns one at a time. I was surprised that he did not know the trick to Drop Multiple Columns from a Single Table.

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Oct1

SQL SERVER – Override Server’s Configuration of Max Degree of Parallelism

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
CPU Threads, Parallel, SQL CPU, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration
No Comments

One of the interesting question: Is it possible to Override Server’s Configuration of Max Degree of Parallelism? Of course, it is possible, let us read.

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Sep30

SQL SERVER – ColumnStore Indexes Without Aggregation

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
ColumnStore Index, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
No Comments

I suggested that the client can experiment with the columnstore indexes and it may help the performance. Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check

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Sep29

How to Download the Latest SQL Server Docker Image? – Interview Question of the Week #244

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Docker, Powershell, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
No Comments

Question: How to Download the Latest SQL Server Docker Image? Answer: The command to download the latest SQL Server Docker Image is here:

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Sep28

SQL SERVER – SQL Agent – Job Start Whenever the CPUs Become Idle

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL CPU, SQL Server, SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS
No Comments

Recently I was asked by the customer of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check about SQL Agent and Job starting whenever CPU Become Idle.

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Sep27

SQL SERVER – Strange Error Related to Alias

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Comments, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
1 Comment

They immediately paid for Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check and we got online to look at their strange error related to alias.

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Sep26

SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL Server Service or Connect After Incorrectly Setting Max Server Memory to a Low Value

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Dedicate Administrator Connection, SQL Error Messages, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, Starting SQL
7 Comments

My clients contacted me for whom I assisted installation with health check and backup automation. Today we will discuss about max server memory.

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SQL SERVER – Maximum Columns per Primary Key – Fix : Error : Msg 1904, Level 16, The index on table has column names in index key list. The maximum limit for index or statistics key column list is 16

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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.

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