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Sep21

SQL SERVER – Simple Explanation FORCE DEFAULT CARDINALITY ESTIMATION

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
c, Cardinality, Query Hint, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
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One of my client of Health Check recently asked me if I can help them understand how FORCE DEFAULT CARDINALITY ESTIMATION works

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Sep20

What is Temp Stored Procedures? – Interview Question of the Week #294

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL TempDB, Temp Table
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Temp stored procedures are the SPthat are created with the help of the # at the beginning of the name and only available until the SQL Server restarts.

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Sep19

SQL SERVER – Running Log Backup While Taking Full Backup

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Log, SQL Restore, SQL Server, Transaction Log
2 Comments

They found out that they have a full backup running for one of the largest servers and at the same time they are running a log backup on the same server.

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Sep18

25 Recent SQL in Sixty Seconds Video

Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance
2 Comments

I have been recording SQL in the Sixty Seconds videos for many years. I would like to share my recent 25 SQL in the Sixty Seconds video.

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Sep17

SQL SERVER – Delete Statement and Index Usage

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Delete, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
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The client wanted to know if the index help with the DELETE command as well. The answer is yes, Indexes do help with the DELETE statement.

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Sep16

SQL SERVER – What is Spinlock?

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Latch, SQL Memory, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL Spinlock
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After reading both the blog post, I got another question from my client on What is Spinlock? Let us discuss today What is Spinlock. 

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Sep15

SQL SERVER – What is Latch?

Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Latch, SQL Memory, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC
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Earlier I wrote about SQL SERVER – SQLOS Scheduler and the Process States, lots of people liked the blog post and asked me another question – What is Latch?

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SQL SERVER – Create Database Error in Windows Vista

SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Tables With Foreign Key Constraint in Database – Part 2

SQL SERVER – FIX : Error 7311 – You may receive an error message when you try to run distributed queries from a 64-bit SQL Server 2005 client to a linked 32-bit SQL Server 2000 server or to a linked SQL Server 7.0 server

SQL SERVER – Function Property – Deterministic or Non-Deterministic

SQL SERVER 2005 – Microsoft Will Release SP3 Soon

SQL SERVER – SQL SERVER – Comparison : Similarity and Difference #TempTable vs @TempVariable – Part 2

SQL SERVER – Four Basic SQL Statements – SQL Operations

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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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