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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.

Dec21

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

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…

Dec20

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

Pinal Dave

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

SQL PASS, SQLAuthority Author Visit

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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,…

Dec19

SQL SERVER – Reverse String Word By Word – Part 4

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Function, SQL String

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Earlier I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – Reverse String Word By Word. SQL Server Expert Sanjay Monpara and Yuri Petrov contributed to the blog post with their excellent script which I have blogged earlier. In this blog post we will see a similar script by SQL Expert Paul G. He has essentially sliced…

Dec18

SQL SERVER – Creating the SSIS Catalog – Notes from the Field #058

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field, SQL Server, SSIS

[Notes from Pinal]: SSIS is very well explored subject, however, there are so many interesting elements when we read, we learn something new. A similar concept has been Creating the SSIS catalog. With the release of SQL Server 2012, Integration Services (SSIS) received a significant overhaul. The most notable change was the addition of the SSIS catalog, a new deployment and storage mechanism that helps to centralize and standardize the storage, execution, and logging of SSIS packages. In this post, I will briefly illustrate how to set up the SSIS catalog on a new installation of SQL Server 2012 or 2014.

Dec17

SQL SERVER – Reverse String Word By Word – Part 3

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Function, SQL String

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Earlier I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – Reverse String Word By Word. SQL Server Expert Sanjay Monpara wrote a great comment to the blog post where he has proposed alternate solution. Right after the solution of the Sanjay, another expert Yuri Petrov suggested a modification to the script. In this blog…

Dec16

SQL SERVER – Proving that the Source of the Problems aren’t Tied to the Database

Pinal Dave

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

Dell

I have always wondered how Sherlock Holmes cracked the toughest of mysteries every single time. This fascination always lead me to learn new techniques every single time. The backbone for every successful detective is to be logical in their approach while working on the case. While watching movies, I 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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