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Aug28

I Let AI Recommend SQL Server Indexes Across a Week of Queries

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
AI, SQL Index
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I let AI recommend SQL Server indexes across a week of queries, measured every number before and after, and the result was not the one I expected to write about.

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Aug27

Who Is Going to Do My Job Now?

Pinal Dave
AI
AI, Career Advice
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Who is going to do my job now? An email asked me that at 4:41 this morning, from a man who gave sixteen years to one company and handed his laptop back.

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Aug26

Using Historical Data to Confirm Performance Improvements

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Idera
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Using historical data to confirm performance improvements turns a fast test into evidence the business can defend.

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Aug25

Full, Differential and Log Backups: A Practical Guide

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Performance, Transaction Log
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Full, differential and log backups are easy to define and easy to get wrong at 2 AM. This animated guide shows which ones to restore, and in what order.

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Aug24

What AI Thinks a DBA Does All Day

Pinal Dave
AI
Developer
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What AI thinks a DBA does all day is a calm, orderly Tuesday, so I wrote down my actual Tuesday. Its day has six items, and mine has thirteen.

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Aug21

AI Bubble: I Hope It Pops

Pinal Dave
AI
Developer
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The AI bubble I hope will pop is the one I am standing inside, holding a book, a consulting practice, and the survival instincts of a cartoon coyote who has just looked down.

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Aug20

Eleven SQL Server Interview Questions That Look Far Too Easy

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Clustered Index, SQL Index, SQL Performance
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These eleven SQL Server interview questions look far too easy, and every one of them has stopped somebody senior.

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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 19 books and 125 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 also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).


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