SQL SERVER – An Interesting Case of Redundant Indexes – Index on Col1, Col2 and Index on Col1, Col2, Col3 – Part 1

Index never stops amazing me, there are so much to learn about Index that I never feel that there is enough knowledge out about this subject. If you are interested you can watch my Indexing Course on Pluralsight for further learning on this subject. On my production server I personally use embarcadero DB…
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SQL SERVER – Wrap SQL Code in SSMS – SQL in Sixty Seconds #038 – Video

Every developer has a different habit. Some like to format the functions in upper case and some wants it in lower case. I often see developers listing the columns in SELECT clause in a different way. I have my own preference but I do respect the other developer’s preference as…
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SQL SERVER – Fix: Error: The conversion returned status value 2 and status text “The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data.”. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)

Here is the question received from user – the email was long and had multiple request from reader to resolve this error. Scenario: The user was trying to import data from Excel to tables in SQL Server Database. Every time he attempted to import the data he faced following error.…
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