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Aug1

SQL SERVER – 5 Videos from Joes 2 Pros Series Exam Prep Series 70-433 – SQL in Sixty Seconds

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL Video
3 Comments
Joes 2 Pros SQL Server series is a five part series is written with keeping SQL Server Exam 70-433. It is written with the focus on beginners and who wants to build expertise for SQL Server programming and development from fundamental. Exam is major focus but this series goes beyond…
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Aug1

SQL SERVER – Follow up on Beginning NuoDB – Who will Benefit and How to Start – Part 2

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
NuoDB, SQL Documentation, SQL Download
2 Comments
Earlier I blogged about Beginning NuoDB – Who will Benefit and How to Start, I received a few follow up questions about it so I decided to write a short article as a follow up. One of the questions I received was why I started with this product. Well, the…
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Jul31

SQL SERVER – Beginning NuoDB – Who will Benefit and How to Start

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
NuoDB, SQL Documentation, SQL Download
11 Comments
I finally got some time to play around with the beta 7 release of NuoDB that I downloaded a few weeks ago.  Personally I don’t think NuoDB yet gives downloaders enough information on how to get started so I decided to tackle that here myself. Before I get into the…
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Jul30

SQLAuthority News – A Year Older and 3 SQL Server Books and 3 Video Courses – 33

Pinal Dave
Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
97 Comments
Today is my birthday. I am 33 today. 33 is an interesting number. There are two 3’s in this number. Curiously, I looked it up in Wikipedia and found out that there is plenty of information about this number. Let me quote a few statements from Wikipedia here. “33 is the largest positive…
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Jul29

SQL SERVER – Services Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 R2 – Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Download, SQL Service Pack
11 Comments
Service packs are very critical and important. In the industry I have seen many people waiting for the first service pack to arrive before moving to opting the product. I often see it as a good practice because there are some unknown bugs or missed enhancements in original product which are…
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Jul28

SQL SERVER – Difference Between ORIGINAL_LOGIN() and SUSER_SNAME()

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Scripts
2 Comments
Today let us start today’s blog post with a simple start question which I was asked by reader of my latest book SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers. Indeed a good question warrants a good answer with a script associated with the same. Question: What is the difference between ORIGINAL_LOGIN() and…
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Jul27

SQL SERVER – Query to Get Unique Distinct Data Based on Condition – Eliminate Duplicate Data from Resultset

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
37 Comments
Seems like in T-SQL world the issue with Duplicate Records never an old topic. Today lets  quickly go over another question which made it to my mailbox 3 times this week. Question: How do I display only unique records from my table? The natural reaction will be to suggest DISTINCT…
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SQL SERVER – 5 Videos from Joes 2 Pros Series Exam Prep Series 70-433 – SQL in Sixty Seconds

SQL SERVER – Follow up on Beginning NuoDB – Who will Benefit and How to Start – Part 2

SQL SERVER - Query to Get Unique Distinct Data Based on Condition - Eliminate Duplicate Data from Resultset nuodb

SQL SERVER – Beginning NuoDB – Who will Benefit and How to Start

SQLAuthority News – A Year Older and 3 SQL Server Books and 3 Video Courses – 33

SQL SERVER – Services Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 R2 – Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2

SQL SERVER - Query to Get Unique Distinct Data Based on Condition - Eliminate Duplicate Data from Resultset ExecuteAsLogin

SQL SERVER – Difference Between ORIGINAL_LOGIN() and SUSER_SNAME()

SQL SERVER – Query to Get Unique Distinct Data Based on Condition – Eliminate Duplicate Data from Resultset

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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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