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SQL SERVER – Different Methods to Extract Scale Part From Decimal Number

August 28, 2015

One of my blog readers asked me “Is there a way to extract only the number after the decimal point?”. For example, in decimal number 45.90, 45 is the precision and 90 is the scale value. There are several methods to get this done Let us create this dataset CREATE…

SQL SERVER – Are Power Options Slowing You Down? – Notes from the Field #095

August 27, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field, SQL Backup and Restore

[Note from Pinal]: This is a 95th episode of Notes from the Fields series. When it is about tuning SQL Server, we always look at the configuration of the SQL Server. However, there are few settings of the operating system can also impact the performance of the SQL Server. I recently…

SQL SERVER – Script: Finding queries without JOIN Predicates

August 26, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts

I have been in developer’s shoes for close to 5+ years before reinventing myself to do things that made me even better in coding. It is a tough challenge these days being a developer. The life around you and the technology is changing so rapidly that we seldom get time…

SQL SERVER – Fix @@ServerName Property Value When Incorrect

August 24, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages, SQL Function

Our software systems are funny and sometimes give us strange values. I don’t quite venture out trying to fiddle around with system level properties on my servers, but having said that, this query had come from one of my colleagues who was working on his SQL Server instance and he…

SQL Authority News – 100 Million Views and Onwards

August 22, 2015

Pinal Dave

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Milestone

I will always remember August 20, 2015 as a landmark milestone for SQLAuthority.com. On August 20th, this blog crossed 100 Million Views. When I started this journey on November 1, 2006, I had no idea that there will be over 100 Million Views on this blog. I am indeed very proud…

SQL SERVER – DBCC CHECKDB errors – Msg 2520 during executions

August 21, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages

Some of the simplest recommendations can lead you to some bizarre output that we never anticipated. I always recommend running DBCC CHECKDB on mission critical databases because we need to be 200% sure that the database disk system is healthy from time to time. During one of my sessions, I…

SQL SERVER – Rewriting Database History – Notes from the Field #094

August 20, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field

[Note from Pinal]: This is a 94th episode of Notes from the Field series. When I read the title of this article – I was extremely intrigued with it – Rewriting Database History! When I was a kid, history was my favorite subject and till today when I have to deal…