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Feb21

SQL SERVER – Query Listing All the Indexes Key Column with Included Column

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL DMV, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Today’s blog post is directly inspired by the conversation I had during my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. During the consulting engagement, we identified the customers had too many indexes on tables. The goal was to consolidate the indexes and to do the same, we realized that we needed a script which lists all the key columns and included columns of the indexes.

Feb20

Why is SQL Server Consolidation Better Than Having a Scattered Environment?

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Governor, SQL Server

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Having a scattered Microsoft SQL Server database platform is cumbersome to maintain, as you continue to accumulate waste capacity to your database servers. Therefore, you should consider consolidating your platform to make it more manageable. Let us learn about Why is SQL Server Consolidation Better Than Having a Scattered Environment?

Feb19

SQL SERVER – How to Invoke SSMS Help From Command Prompt?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

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This particular question I just received in my recent SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop. It was a very interesting question and hence I am going to blog about it. The question which I received was – How to Invoke SSMS Help From Command Prompt?

Feb18

SQL SERVER – Windows Authentication or System Admin Account (SA)

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

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I like to say that I am SQL Server Performance Tuning expert but often during the conversation, I end up discussing security as well. Recently I was asked about my preference for Windows Authentication or System Admin Account (SA) during one of the recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.

Feb17

How to Find Table Cardinality from the Execution Plan? – Interview Question of the Week #213

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Cardinality, Execution Plan, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Statistics, SSMS

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Question: How to Find Table Cardinality from the Execution Plan?

Feb16

PostgreSQL – Storing Unicode Characters is Easy

Pinal Dave

SQL

PostgreSQL, SQL Function, SQL String, Unicode

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One of the interesting features of PostgreSQL database is the ability to handle Unicode characters. In SQL Server, to store non-English characters, we need to use NVARCHAR or NCAHR data type. In PostgreSQL, the varchar data type itself will store both English and non-English characters.

Feb15

SQL SERVER – Update Table Statistics in Parallel with FULLSCAN

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

Parallel, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

SQL Server Performance Tuning is a much simpler job if you know exactly where to look for and how to tune the configurations. Here is the real world scenario which I encountered during the recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. During the performance tuning exercise, we realized that for one of the table we needed to update the statistics with the full scan as the table was a very critical table for their business. However, every time whenever we were running the update statistics job, the query was running very slow and almost never finish.

Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 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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