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SQL SERVER – INNER JOIN using LEFT JOIN statement – Performance Analysis

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Interview Questions and Answers, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Joins, SQL Scripts
Just a day ago, while I was working with JOINs I find one interesting observation, which has prompted me to create following example. Before we continue further let me make very clear that INNER JOIN should be used where it can not be used and simulating INNER JOIN using any…
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SQLAuthority News – Running SQL Server 2008 in a Hyper-V Environment Best Practices and Performance Considerations

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News
Best Practices, Database, SQL Download, SQL White Papers
Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 is a powerful virtualization technology that can be used by corporate IT to consolidate under-utilized servers, lowering TCO and maintaining or improving Quality of Service. Through a series of test scenarios that are representative of SQL Server application fundamentals, this document provides best practice recommendations…
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SQL SERVER – Introduction to CLR – Simple Example of CLR Stored Procedure

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
CLR, Software Development, SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Utility
CLR is abbreviation of Common Language Runtime. In SQL Server 2005 and later version of it database objects can be created which are created in CLR. Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers can be coded in CLR. CLR is faster than T-SQL in many cases. CLR is mainly used to accomplish task…
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SQL SERVER – Retrieve – Select Only Date Part From DateTime – Best Practice – Part 2

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Scripts
A year ago I wrote post about SQL SERVER – Retrieve – Select Only Date Part From DateTime – Best Practice where I have discussed two different methods of getting datepart from datetime. Method 1: SELECT DATEADD(D, 0, DATEDIFF(D, 0, GETDATE())) Method 2: SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE(),111) I have summarized my post…
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