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Jul22

SQL SERVER – Dynamic SQL and Temporary Tables

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Dynamic SQL, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB, SSMS, Temp Table
5 Comments

Earlier on this blog I received following follow up question about Dynamic SQL and Temporary Tables. Let us understand a bit more in detail.

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Jul21

Can an Index Reduce Performance of SELECT Query? – Interview Question of the Week #234

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
2 Comments

Question: Can an Index Reduce Performance of SELECT Query? There is a huge misconception that Indexes does not impact SELECT queries negatively.

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Jul20

SQL SERVER – Dynamic SQL and Global Temporary Tables

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Dynamic SQL, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB, SSMS, Temp Table
3 Comments

During the recent work of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we had a very interesting situation of Dynamic SQL and Global Temporary Tables.

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Jul19

SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error: The Server Principal is Not Able to Access the Database “msdb” Under the Current Security Context

Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security, SQL Upgrade, System Database
No Comments

The Upgrade Error messages shown in ERRORLOG was “The server principal “SQLAuthority\AuthOwner” is not able to access the database “msdb”

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Jul18

SQL SERVER – SQL Agent Job and Backslash – Strange Behavior

Pinal Dave
SQL Puzzle
SQL Jobs, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Agent, SQL Stored Procedure
4 Comments

Today’s blog post is about SQL Agent Job and Backslash. I was surprised to see this behavior. Here are the steps to reproduce this behavior.

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Jul17

SQL SERVER – Enable or Disable Resource Governor

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Resource Governor, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
No Comments

Resource governor which was accidentally enabled by one of their database administrators.  Let us learn how to disable resource governor in this blog post. 

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Jul16

SQL SERVER – Swap Column Values In Table

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Column, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
2 Comments

Here is a question asked to me during Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. The question was about how to swap column values in a table.

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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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