SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Mar8

SQL SERVER – Find Nth Highest Record from Database Table

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I had previously written SQL SERVER – Query to Retrieve the Nth Maximum value. I just received an email that if I can write this using AdventureWorks database as it is a default sample database for SQL Server 2005 and the user can run the query against it and understand it better. Let us see how we can find highest record from database.

Mar7

SQLAuthority News – 500th Post – An Interesting Journey with SQL Server

Pinal Dave

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

Database, DBA, Software Development, SQLAuthority Author Visit

I am very pleased to write my 500th post. After 500 posts, I still have same feeling when I wrote first post on this blog. I would like to thank my family for their continuous support in writing this blog. Most of all I want to thank all of YOU…

Mar6

SQLAuthority News – SQL Server 2005 is The Data Platform Leader

Pinal Dave

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

Data Warehousing, Database, DBA, Software Development

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Questions I often get asked : How big is market for SQL Server? Is SQL Server industry leader? Does learning SQL Server technology will help future career? Why did you pick SQL Server as your expertise? I just love SQL Server. Let us read following article taken directly from Microsoft,…

Mar5

SQL SERVER – Simple Example of Cursor – Sample Cursor Part 2

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Cursor, SQL Scripts

I have recently received email that I should update SQL SERVER – Simple Example of Cursor with example of AdventureWorks database. Simple Example of Cursor using AdventureWorks Database is listed here. USE AdventureWorks GO DECLARE @ProductID INT DECLARE @getProductID CURSOR SET @getProductID = CURSOR FOR SELECT ProductID FROM Production.Product OPEN @getProductID FETCH…

Mar4

SQL SERVER – 2005 – A Simple Way To Defragment All Indexes In A Database That Is Fragmented Above A Declared Threshold

Pinal Dave

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

SQL Error Messages, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server DBCC

Just a day ago, I received email from regular reader Rajiv Kayasthy about a script which demonstrates the A Simple Way To Defragment All Indexes In A Database That Is Fragmented Above A Declared Threshold. He found this script on TechNet BOL and was attempting to run on SQL Server…

Mar3

SQL SERVER – Sharpen Your Basic SQL Server Skills – Learn the distinctions between unique constraint and primary key constraint and the easiest way to get random rows from a table

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Database, DBA, SQL Constraint and Keys

Read my article in SQL Server Magazine March 2007 Edition I will be not able to post complete article here due to copyright issues. Please visit the link above to read the article. [Articles are relocated so links are disabled] Reference : Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)

Mar2

SQL SERVER – How to Retrieve TOP and BOTTOM Rows Together using T-SQL

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages, SQL Function, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Just a day ago, while working with some inventory related projects, I faced one interesting situation. I had to find TOP 1 and BOTTOM 1 record together. I right away that I should just do UNION but then I realize that UNION will not work as it will only accept one ORDER BY clause. If you specify more than one ORDER BY clause. It will give an error. Let us see how we can retrieve top and bottom rows together.

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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