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Dec27

Google Spreadsheet – Finding Last Value from Column

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Google, SQL Server

I have previously written about how to find the top and bottom value of column in SQL Server but recently I got a very interesting question based on the same blog post. The question was how to find the last value from Column in Google Spreadsheet. I find it very interesting and attempted to find the solution in Google Spreadsheet.

Dec26

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

Pinal Dave

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

SQLAuthority Author Visit

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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…

Dec25

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

Pinal Dave

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

Notes from the Field, SQL Server Security

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[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…

Dec24

SQL Authority News – I am Participating in Winter Discounts and Christmas Photo Fest

I often get asked which is my favorite tool from DevArt. They have many great tools, but I am really fan of the development productive tool – dbForget Studio for SQL Server. Devart’s dbForge Studio for SQL Server is a fantastic tool for SQL Server development, as soon as I installed it I found so many things to learn. First off, it will increase SQL coding almost instantly. There is very little to learn, you are not just memorizing codes to “cheat” off of. Let us learn about winter discounts.

Dec24

SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Why Decimal is Rounded Up?

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…

Dec23

SQL SERVER – Story of Temporary Objects

Pinal Dave

SQL

Devart, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB

SQL Server’s version of Transact SQL provides the ability to create and leverage temporary objects for use within the scope of your query session or batch. There are many reasons why you may decide to use temporary objects and we will explore them later in this article. In addition to meeting various data-tier requirements, temporary objects can also be beneficial from a performance and scalability perspective.

Dec22

SQL SERVER – List the Name of the Months Between Date Ranges – Part 2

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DateTime, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Last week 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? In the original blog post, I made a small error, hence I corrected that in the follow up blog post. Thanks to Sanjay Monpara for helping me correct the error. There are some amazing comments received in the original blog posts.

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 100 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.

Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).

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