There are various issues which I have seen SQL installation and most of the time they are intuitive. The error message is mostly helpful and provides the right direction. In this blog we would discuss error Updating permission setting for folder failed:
SQL Server – Find Distinct Result Sets Using EXCEPT Operator
In my earlier post on “SQL SERVER – Remove Duplicate Rows Using UNION Operator”, I showed a different method of removing duplicate rows from the result set using a UNION operator. Here is another similar method using EXCEPT operator to find distinct results.Â
SQL Authority News – Free Performance Tuning Videos
SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization is how I earn my bread at home. Lots of people often ask if I will be happy to teach them my SQL Server Performance tuning tricks and my answer is very simple – of course. I am always willing to help people learn about SQL Server Performance Tuning if they are willing to learn about the subject. I have created some Free Performance Tuning Videos.
SQL SERVER – Performing IF…THEN In T-SQL With IIF Expression
Today, we are going to see one of the most underutilized features of SQL Server IIF. In SQL Server we can performance IF…THEN logic in T-SQL with IIF Expression but I hardly see it being used at most of the organization.
How to Track Autogrowth of Any Database? – Interview Question of the Week #205
Question: How to Track Autogrowth of Any Database?
SQL SERVER – T-SQL Script to Check SQL Server Job History
Yesterday my long time customer from New Zealand asked me during our regular weekly meet of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check if I know a T-SQL Script to Check SQL Server Job History.
SQL SERVER – How to Write Correlated Subquery?
This is a follow-up blog post to my earlier blog post written about SQL SERVER – Writing Your First Subquery From a Single Table. In the blog post, we discuss how to write a correlated subquery and why it is actually necessary. In a query, a correlated subquery is a subquery that uses values from the outer query. Subqueries are usually running once for each row processed for outer query and that is why they are often inefficient as well.
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 104Â 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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