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Oct10

Gherkin Language: A Key to Testing Across Multiple Languages

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
BDD, Developer, Gherkin
No Comments

It teaches you to use popular testing frameworks like Cucumber, SpecFlow, and Behave, which enable the use of Gherkin language with Ruby, Java, JavaScript, .NET, C#, and Python.

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Oct9

SQL SERVER Performance: Functions in WHERE Clause

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Function, SQL Index
1 Comment

This blog post aims to shed light on the performance impact between questions that use functions within the WHERE clause.

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Oct6

SQL Server Maintenance Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Your Server Running Smoothly

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Hardware, Maintenance Plan, SQL Audit, SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Index, SQL Log, SQL Server Security, SQL Statistics, SQL Upgrade, Testing
1 Comment

This comprehensive guide explore into some essential maintenance techniques and best practices to ensure your SQL Server deployment.

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Oct5

Office Hours with Special Host – Brent Ozar

Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
Brent Ozar, YouTube
1 Comment

It was a treasure trove of learning experiences. Today, we will discuss Office Hours with Special Host – Brent Ozar.

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Oct4

The Intricacies of T-SQL String Comparison: LIKE VS ‘=’

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Query Rewrite, SQL Index, SQL Performance
No Comments

Let us learn The Intricacies of T-SQL String Comparison. In SQL, the way you compare strings can greatly impact the results of your queries.

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Oct3

TempDB Troubles: Identifying and Resolving TempDB Contentions

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Idera, SQL TempDB
No Comments

(SQL DM) provides superior monitoring capabilities to streamline tempdb performance. We will discuss Identifying and Resolving TempDB Contentions.

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Oct2

SQL SERVER – Performance: Optimizing High Volume OR Conditions through TempTable

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Query Rewrite, SQL Operator, Temp Table
1 Comment

We explore an alternative approach when dealing with high volumes of ‘OR’ conditions in our SQL queries: the use of a TempTable.

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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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