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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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Oct26

SQL SERVER Tools I Use and Recommend (Updated: October 2020)

Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
Recommend Tools, SQL Server, SQL Utility, Tools
No Comments

Here is the updated list for October 2020 of all the tools which I recommend. Do let me know if you use any of the above tools.

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Oct25

How to Add Constraint With No Validation? – Interview Question of the Week #299

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Error Messages, SQL Identity, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
1 Comment

Question: How to Add Constraint With No Validation?

Answer: I got this question from one of my clients of who is an Oracle user.

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Oct24

SQL SERVER – Identity and Constraint Confusion

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Identity, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
No Comments

What is going on with their server as I had no access to their data or schema. Let us learn about how identity and constraint confusion created problems.

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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.

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