During the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I often get the question about Estimated vs Actual Execution Plan. Let’s discuss.
What Happens If the Clustered Index is Disabled? – Interview Question of the Week #291
Question: What Happens If the Clustered Index is Disabled?
Answer: If you disable the clustered index, you can’t retrieve data from the table.
Building a Personal Brand and a Bit About SQL with Pinal Dave – PodCast
Recently I got the opportunity to feature on the Podcast of amazing DeveloperWeekly by Barry Luijbregts. It was so much to discuss the personal brand.
Who Dropped Your Table? – SQL in Sixty Seconds #112
Who Dropped My Table? – I was recently asked this question in Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Let us learn about it today.
Single Column Single Row and TABLE SCAN – SQL in Sixty Seconds #111
Can a single column and single row result do an entire table scan? I recently got this question in my  Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.
Dirty Read with NOLOCK – SQL in Sixty Seconds #110
Recently I noticed that my client has been using the WITH NOLOCK hint with their queries and expecting that it will improve the queries performance.
Undo Human Errors in SQL Server – SQL in Sixty Seconds #109 – Point in Time Restore
In this blog post, we are going to talk about how to undo human errors in SQL Server with the help of Point in Time Recovery. Let us learn today.
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 104Â 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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