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Jun9

SQL SERVER – Puzzle with Year Function

Pinal Dave

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

SQL DateTime, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

A couple of weeks back, I ran a contest with MONTH () function and had close to 300 of you answer the puzzle. It was a great brain teaser and we had an awesome response from you. Most of you got the answer right and it is great to see you folks getting the basics right.

Jun8

SQL SERVER – Know Your Backup Before Deleting Database

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Backup and Restore

Earlier last week I wrote a blog around, SQL SERVER – FIX – Msg 3702, Level 16, State 3 – Cannot Drop Database “DB_Name” Because it is Currently in Use. The premise of that blog was driven by some of the demo’s I show at conferences. During one of the UG…

Jun7

Interview Question of the Week #023 – Error Handling with TRY…CATCH

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Interview Questions and Answers, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Here is one of the most popular question I see people discussing in SQL Interviews. Question – How do you handle errors with the help of TRY…CATCH? Answer – TRY/CATCH helps to write logic separate the action and error handling code. The code meant for the action is enclosed in…

Jun6

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 3102, Level 16, State 1 – RESTORE cannot process database ‘Name’ because it is in use by this session

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages

Some of the simple learnings can come from unexpected places and this blog post is a classic example to that statement. Recently I got an email from one of my readers about the below error message: Msg 3102, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 RESTORE cannot process database 'DBProductDevelopment' because…

Jun5

SQL SERVER – FIX – Error 3702, Level 16, State 3 – Cannot Drop Database “DB_Name” Because it is Currently in Use

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

We learn from mistakes and we improvise with experience. I couldn’t think of a better example than the one below for this. I have been watching many sessions by various speakers and found that many times they have struggled to get rid of Error 3702.

Jun4

SQL SERVER – Basic Statistics Maintenance – Notes from the Field #083

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field, SQL Server Security, SQL Statistics

[Note from Pinal]: This is a 83rd episode of Notes from the Field series. Maintenance of the database is very critical activity and I have always seen DBA taking it very seriously. There is a only one problem – there is no single solution or guidance for how to maintain the database.…

Jun3

SQL SERVER – Finding Out Identity Column Without Using Column Name

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Identity

There is an interesting observation when querying the identity column of a table Let us create the following tables CREATE TABLE test1 ( id INT IDENTITY (1,1) ) GO CREATE TABLE test2 ( id INT ) Note that the table test1 has identity column and table test2 does not have…

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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