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When In-Memory OLTP Helps and When It Does Not
Learn when In-Memory OLTP can reduce transaction contention, which limitations still matter, and what to measure before changing tables.
What the Cardinality Estimator Does and When It Is Wrong
Understand how the cardinality estimator predicts rows, why estimates go wrong, and which statistics and plan checks help you investigate.
MySQL Habits That Trip Up Developers Moving to SQL Server
Replace six MySQL habits with SQL Server equivalents for LIMIT, AUTO_INCREMENT, quoting, GROUP BY, duplicate inserts, and collations.
SQL SERVER – Database File Names and Extentions – Notes from the Field #025
What is in a name? Plenty, when it comes to database file names and extensions. Tim Radney shares a funny story on why naming standards matter.
Data Science: A Step Forward from Business Intelligence – Data Scientist
Who can predict which customer is going to cancel a newspaper subscription before it actually happens? It’s a Data Scientist.
Resumable Index Rebuilds: Pausing Maintenance Without Losing Progress
Run a resumable index rebuild with ONLINE and MAX_DURATION, pause and resume it, inspect progress, and weigh edition and log costs.
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Who We Are
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 19 books and 125 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 also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).
Nupur Dave is a social media enthusiast and an independent consultant. She primarily focuses on the database domain, helping clients build short and long-term multi-channel campaigns to drive leads for their sales pipeline.
Shaivi Pinalkumar Dave is a book author and a women’s artistic gymnast.

