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May28

SQL SERVER – Disabled Index and Update Statistics

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics
3 Comments

When we try to update the statistics, it throws an error as if the clustered index is disabled. Now let us enable the clustered index only and attempt to update the statistics of the table right after that. Let us learn about Disabled Index and Update Statistics.

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May27

SQL SERVER – DATE and TIME in SQL Server 2008

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
21 Comments

I was thinking about DATE and TIME datatypes in SQL Server 2008. I earlier wrote about the about best practices of the same. Recently I had written one of the scripts written for SQL Server 2008 had to run on SQL Server 2005 (don’t ask me why!), I had to convert the DATE and TIME datatypes to DATETIME. Let me run a quick demo for the same.

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May26

SQLAuthority News – SQL Server Technology Evangelists and Evangelism

Pinal Dave
Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News
MVP
8 Comments
This is the exact conversation that I had with three people during the recent SQL Server Public Training. Person 1: “Are you an SQL Server Evangelist?” Pinal : “No, but Vinod Kumar is.” Person 1: “Who are you?” Person 2: “He is Pinal, haha!” Person 1: “I know that, but…
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May26

SQLAuthority News – Win MS Office License – Last 2 days

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
Office2010
1 Comment
Just a note for everybody who is from India and want to win FREE Office License, participate in very easy contest here. SQLAuthority News – Virtual Launch Event for Office 2010 – Contest – Win MS Office License Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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May25

SQLAuthority News – Whitepaper – SQL Azure vs. SQL Server

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News
SQL Azure, SQL White Papers
3 Comments
SQL Server and SQL Azure are two Microsoft Products which goes almost together. There are plenty of misconceptions about SQL Azure. I have seen enough developers not planning for SQL Azure because they are not sure what exactly they are getting into. Some are confused thinking Azure is not powerful…
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May24

SQLAuthority News – Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 – PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Documentation, SQL Download
1 Comment
Microsoft has really and truly created some buzz for PowerPivot. I have been asked to show the demo of Powerpivot in recent time even when I am doing relational database training. Attached is the few details where everyone can download PowerPivot and use the same. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2…
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May24

SQL SERVER – Check the Isolation Level with DBCC useroptions

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL System Table, Transaction Isolation
19 Comments
In recent consultancy project coordinator asked me – “can you tell me what is the isolation level for this database?” I have worked with different isolation levels but have not ever queried database for the same. I quickly looked up bookonline and found out the DBCC command which can give…
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SQL SERVER – How to Check If Instant File Initialization Enabled or Not?

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How to Check Status of Instant File Initialization? – Interview Question of the Week #184

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SQL SERVER – T-SQL Script: How to Search for Multiple Values in ERRORLOG?

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SQL SERVER – How to Turn On / Enable Instant File Initialization?

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SQL SERVER – How to Generate Random Password? – Enhanced Version

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SQL SERVER – Script – Turn off Firewall Remotely (PowerShell, NetSh, PsExec)

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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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