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Oct4

SQL SERVER – How to Delete a Single Table From SQL Server Backup File (.bak)

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Server
4 Comments

Question: How to Delete a Single Table From SQL Server Backup File (.bak)?

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Oct3

SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Shortest Code to Produce the Number 1000000000 (One Billion)

Pinal Dave
SQL Puzzle
SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
33 Comments

In the last puzzle, user had to write the shortest code to produce 0. I have received around 700 valid answers and while reading through the answers, I had a blast. I personally learned quite a lot from just administrating the quiz. Since that puzzle, I have received quite a few emails requesting to come up with next puzzle.

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Oct2

SQL SERVER – The SaveToSQLServer Method has Encountered OLE DB Error Code 0x80040E4D

Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Connection, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server
No Comments

My relationship with existing clients, I provide quick help to them on simple issues. Let us learn the error related to SaveToSQLServer.

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Oct1

How to Enforce Password Policy of Windows to SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #142

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Login, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security
No Comments

Question: How to Enforce Password Policy of Windows to SQL Server?

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Sep30

SQL SERVER – How to Enable Backup Compression On by Default

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
5 Comments

In this blog post we will discuss how to Enable Backup Compression on by default.

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Sep29

SQL SERVER – Document Your Databases with Data Dictionary and Diagrams

Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Documentation, SQL Server
2 Comments

A couple of months ago I told you about the new interesting tool I found for documenting existing database schemas – Dataedo. For those who don’t remember, this is a desktop tool that enables you to describe database schema elements and create ER diagrams for existing databases, and export to nicely formatted HTML and PDF documents.

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Sep28

SQL SERVER – What Are Ghost Records and How to Clean Them Up?

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
6 Comments

What are Ghost Records and How to Clean Them Up?

I loved this question when I received it last week in my SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop.

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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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