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Sep11

SQL SERVER – Simple Puzzle with UNION – Part 5

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Union clause, Union
10 Comments
It seems that my yesterday’s Simple Puzzle with UNION intrigued many readers. Here is my fifth and final part of this Puzzles with UNION. I strongly suggest to read yesterday’s puzzle before continuing today’s puzzle as it is very much based on yesterday’s puzzle. SQL SERVER – Simple Puzzle with UNION…
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Sep10

SQL SERVER – Simple Puzzle with UNION – Part 4

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Union clause, Union
10 Comments
When I started to write Simple Puzzle with UNION last week, I had no clue this will be extremely popular blog post and will turn into a mini-series. Earlier I wrote three different blog posts on this subject and they are very well received. All the three blog posts which…
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Sep9

SQL SERVER – Simple Puzzle with UNION – Part 3

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Union clause, Union
34 Comments
Earlier last week I had two simple puzzles related to UNION clause and the response to those puzzles have been amazing. Lots of email I have received that people wants me to post such basics puzzle again. Well here is one more puzzle which uses UNION and tests your basic…
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Sep8

SQL SERVER – Download SQL Server Developer Edition 2012 for USD 60

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News
7 Comments
SQL Server professionals often send me email asking about where can they download the full version of SQL Server for their own development. Microsoft only provides evalution version of its enterprise software (full version). The evaluation version is bound by time and it expires when the time trial is over. This does not…
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Sep7

SQL SERVER – Weekly Series – Memory Lane – #045

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
Memory Lane
No Comments
Here is the list of selected articles of SQLAuthority.com across all these years. Instead of just listing all the articles I have selected a few of my most favorite articles and have listed them here with additional notes below it. Let me know which one of the following is your…
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Sep6

SQL SERVER – Simple Puzzle with UNION – Part 2

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Puzzle, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Union clause, Union
28 Comments
Yesterday we had very easy kind of Back to Basics Puzzle with UNION and I have received tremendous response to the simple puzzle. Even though there is no giveaway due to sheer interest in the subject, I have received many replies. Due to all the request, here is another back…
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Sep5

SQL SERVER – Simple Puzzle with UNION

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Puzzle, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Union clause, Union
63 Comments
It has been a long time since played a simple game on SQLAuthority.com. Let us play a simple game today. It is very simple puzzle but indeed a fun one. First let us execute following SQL. Query 1: SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 ORDER BY 1 It will return…
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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 100 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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