SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Apr9

SQL SERVER – Fix : Error: 217 Implicit conversion from data type datetime to int is not allowed.

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Just a day before I was working on some query and faced this error. As soon as I receive this, I realized that what I had done wrong and what I needed to fix. The suggestion demonstrated in the error message is to the point and accurate. Let us learn how to fix error 217 for Implicit conversion.

Apr8

SQL SERVER – The procedure attempted to return a status of NULL, which is not allowed. A status of 0 will be returned instead.

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

Here is one of the very common question I receive on SQLAuthority Facebook page. I usually answer them on Facebook but this one I find it very interesting so I decided to answer here. “There are few of the stored procedure when I try to execute they return following message. Would…

Apr7

SQL SERVER – Pass One Stored Procedure’s Result as Another Stored Procedure’s Parameter

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

This is one of the most asked questions related to stored procedure in recent time and the answer is even simpler. Here is the question – How to Pass One Stored Procedure’s Result as Another Stored Procedure’s Parameter. Stored Procedures are very old concepts and every day I see more and more adoption to Stored Procedure over dynamic code. When we have almost all of our code in Stored Procedure it is very common requirement that we have need of one stored procedure’s result to be passed as another stored procedure’s parameter.

Apr6

SQL SERVER – Weekly Series – Memory Lane – #023

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Memory Lane

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Here is the list of selected articles of SQLAuthority.com across all these years. Instead of just listing all the articles I have selected a few of my most favorite articles and have listed them here with additional notes below it. Let me know which one of the following is your…

Apr5

SQL SERVER – Group by Rows and Columns using XML PATH – Efficient Concating Trick

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String, SQL XML

I hardly get hard time to come up with the title of the blog post. This was one of the blog post even though simple, I believe I have not come up with appropriate title: Group by Rows and Columns using XML PATH – Efficient Concating Trick. Anyway, here is the question I received.

Apr4

SQLAuthority Contests – Get 50 Amazon Gift Cards – Experience NuoDB Starlings 1.0.2

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

NuoDB

SQL is the standard database language. It has been around since the 1970s. ACID (Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, and Durable) guarantees that the database tier handles the transaction processing in a consistent and reliable manner, freeing the application from managing these tasks (and freeing you from having to code them into the…

Apr3

SQL SERVER – Resolve Cannot Resolve Collation Conflict Error – SQL in Sixty Seconds #047

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL Video

Database, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Scripts, SQL Server Management Studio

One of the most common errors database developer’s receives when they start working with database where there are different collation used. Collation is a very important concept but it is often ignored. First use the method displayed in this video to resolve your error and right away put your efforts…

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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