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May4

SQL SERVER – Interview on Wait Types and Wait Queues – SQL Doctor

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Server, SQL Wait Stats

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Earlier this year I have written a whole month on the subject SQL Server Wait Types and Wait Queues SQL SERVER – Summary of Month – Wait Type – Day 28 of 28. The focus of this series was very simple – define a problem and solve it. I learned a lot while I wrote this series. While I am writing this blog, I am very much delighted that SQL Doctor team of Idera software is very kind to implement a few of the tricks from the blog post.

May3

SQL SERVER – Error: Failed to retrieve data for this request. Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc – ‘DATABASEPROPERTY’ is not a recognized built-in function name. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 195)

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages

I have four different machine at home. Office Laptop – Provided by work organization Personal Laptop – My wife uses it Demo Machine – A very old machine – I think I can only do demo of my messenger only – it is 32 bit – single CPU 1 GB…

May2

SQL SERVER – Performance Improvement with of Executing Stored Procedure with Result Sets in SQL Server 2012

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts

Earlier I posted article SQL SERVER – Denali – Executing Stored Procedure with Result Sets. After reading this SQL Expert Ramdas asked following and very interesting question: This is a nice feature and i am sure would be used a lot. How is the performance of this as compared with using…

May1

SQL SERVER – Migration Assistant for Access, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Documentation, SQL Download

SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) is a free supported tool from Microsoft that simplifies database migration process from Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) to SQL Server or SQL Azure. SSMA automates all aspects of migration including migration assessment analysis, schema and SQL statement conversion, data migration as well as migration…

Apr30

SQL SERVER – CTAS – Create Table As SELECT – What is CTAS?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Table Operation

I have been working with the database for many years and I am aware of many common terminologies. Recently I was attending training myself and the instructor used the word ‘CTAS’ in the class. One of the attendees did not know the definition of this abbreviation. From this, I realized that not all of us come from the same background and we all have different levels and areas of expertise.

Apr29

SQL SERVER – 2012 – Executing Stored Procedure with Result Sets – New

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

After reading my earlier article SQL SERVER – Denali – Executing Stored Procedure with Result Sets, one of the readers asked if this new feature (syntax) support multiple resultset of the stored procedure? Very interesting question indeed as most of the stored procedures that I usually come across have more than…

Apr28

SQL SERVER – 2012 – Executing Stored Procedure with Result Sets

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

Here is a normal conversation I heard when I saw that the function (UDF) was used instead of the procedure (SP). Q: Why are you using User Defined Function instead of Stored Procedure? A: I cannot SELECT from SP, but I can from UDF. SQL Server’s next version ‘Denali’ is…

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.

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