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Aug8

SQL SERVER – What is Instance Hiding? How to do it?

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Server Configuration, SQL Server Security
4 Comments

In this blog post, I’ll share a real-life success story of how instance hiding significantly strengthened SQL Server security for one of my clients.

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Aug7

SQL SERVER – Troubleshooting Common CSV Import Issues

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Bulk Insert, CSV
No Comments

Let us explore Troubleshooting Common CSV Import Issues. Importing data from CSV files into SQL Server is a common task.

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Aug4

MySQL – Identifying Unused Indexes in Databases

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Information Schema, MySQL, SQL Index
No Comments

This article will focus on how you can identify unused indexes in your MySQL database, which could potentially slow performance.

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Aug3

SQL SERVER – Stored Procedures to Check for Pythagorean Triples

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Mathematical Function, SQL Function
4 Comments

I wanted to share another useful programming technique for learning math – using stored procedures to check for Pythagorean triples.

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Aug2

SQL SERVER – Introduction to Dynamic Data Masking

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Data Masking, SQL Server Security
No Comments

In this blog post, we’ll explore the concept of dynamic data masking, a powerful feature available in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and later.

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Aug1

MySQL – Identifying and Optimizing the Busiest Tables

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
MySQL, Performance Schema, Schema
No Comments

Let us learn Identifying and Optimizing the Busiest Tables in MySQL. MySQL provides an easy way to identify the busiest tables using the performance_schema.

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Jul31

SQL SERVER – The Flight Connection Puzzle

Pinal Dave
SQL Puzzle
CTE, SQL Server
5 Comments

Today we are going to see another such puzzle – The Flight Connection Puzzle. This blog post is going to be really fun blog post.

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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 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 109 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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