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SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Why Divide by Zero Error

December 29, 2014

SQL, SQL Puzzle, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Earlier I asked a puzzle SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Why Decimal is Rounded Up? and it was very well received by all of you. You can read various comments posted in the blog post and they are indeed very enlightening. After posting that blog post, I received quite a lots of emails asking…

SQL SERVER – Microsoft Releases for December 2014

December 28, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Download

Earlier this month, Microsoft has released quite a few SQL Server related tools, add-ons, and upgrades. I have listed a few of them here for a quick reference. The descriptions are of each downloads are from Microsoft download pages. Microsoft Azure, Cloud and Enterprise Symbol / Icon Set for Visio, PowerPoint,…

SQLAuthority News – Presented on Database Worst Practices at SQL Live, Orlando – November 29, 2014

December 26, 2014

Pinal Dave

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

SQLAuthority Author Visit

Earlier last month, I had the opportunity to present at SQL Live 2014. The event was held in Orlando in November 2014. I had a great time attending this event and I presented on the topic Database Worst Practices on November 21, 2014. Here is the title and abstract of the session, which…

SQL SERVER – Performance Tuning – Is It Really A Top Skills for a SQL Server Consultant? – Notes from the Field #059

December 25, 2014

Pinal Dave

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

Notes from the Field, SQL Server Security

[Note from Pinal]: This is a 59th episode of Notes from the Field series. I get over 100 emails everyday and out of 100 emails nearly 90 of them are really related to performance tuning. The emails I get is from various different IT professionals. There are quite a few application developers…

SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Why Decimal is Rounded Up?

December 24, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Puzzle, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts

Lots of people know the answer to this puzzle, but I am sure there are many who do not know the answer of the same as well. Here is the puzzle again for those who have vacation for the Holidays! Here is the first script: -- Decimal is rounded up…

SQL SERVER – List the Name of the Months Between Date Ranges – Correction

December 21, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DateTime, SQL Function

Earlier I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – List the Name of the Months Between Date Ranges. It was written in the response to the question – How to list the name of the months between two date ranges? When I wrote the blog post, there was a small…

SQLAuthority News – Presented on Database Worst Practices at SQLPASS 2014 in Seattle – November 5, 2014

December 20, 2014

Pinal Dave

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

SQL PASS, SQLAuthority Author Visit

Earlier last month, I had the opportunity to present at SQLPASS 2014. The event was held in Seattle in November 2014. I had a great time attending this event and I presented on the topic Database Worst Practices on November 5, 2014. Here is the title and abstract of the session,…