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Nov2

SQL Authority 14 Years of Daily Blogging and Upcoming Changes

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Milestone, SQL Server
13 Comments

Yesterday’s blog was also a 5286 continuous blog (today’s blog is 5287th).  I am truly honored that many are reading my blog after 14 years. 

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Nov1

How to Write Efficient Query? – Interview Question of the Week #300

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Query Rewrite, SQL Milestone, SQL Server
1 Comment

Question: How to Write Efficient Query?

Answer: There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Let us learn about it today.

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Oct31

SQL SERVER – Follow Up Question on Write Efficient Query

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Query Rewrite, SQL Server
No Comments

Earlier this week, I published a video Performance Challenge – Write Efficient Query – SQL in Sixty Seconds #140. The video got amazing feedback.

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Oct30

Performance Challenge – Write Efficient Query – SQL in Sixty Seconds #140

Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Operator, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS
1 Comment

Recently while working with my client I ended up in a very interesting situation where my client wanted me to write an Efficient Query.

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Oct29

SQL SERVER – Fix Error 8632 – Internal Error: An expression Services Limit Has Been Reached

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Upgrade
6 Comments

When we tried to run a few of their stored procedure. How we can fix Error 8632 – Internal Error: An expression Services Limit Has Been Reached.

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Oct28

SQL SERVER – Scan Count Zero for Statistics IO

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, Primary Key, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics
No Comments

On the production server and they noticed scan count as Zero on the result. They reached out to me asking what actually it means.

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Oct27

SET STATISTICS TIME ON – SQL in Sixty Seconds 139

Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL DateTime, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Statistics
No Comments

Do you know how long your query took to execution? Well, let us learn that today in SQL in Sixty Seconds. We will discuss SET STATISTICS TIME ON.

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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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Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check

Is your SQL Server running slow and you want to speed it up without sharing server credentials? In my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we can work together remotely and resolve your biggest performance troublemakers in less than 4 hours.

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