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SQL SERVER – Fix Error: Invalid object name STRING_SPLIT

Pinal Dave
SQL
Database Compatible Level, SQL Error Messages, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String

Just the other day one of the readers sent me following email after reading my earlier blog post: STRING_SPLIT Function Performance Comparison. He really liked the new feature of SQL Server 2016 and decided to start using this new feature. However, as soon as he started to use this feature, he received following error. He was very much confused why he was not able to use the STRING_SPLIT function even though he had SQL Server 2016.

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SQL SERVER – Compatibility Level 80 and Table Hint Behavior

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Database Compatible Level, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

It has been a while since I worked with SQL Server 2000. However, as an independent consultant, SQL Server never stops to surprise us. Recently, during one Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I found a very interesting situation which is about compatibility level 80. If you are not familiar with compatibility level, it sets database behaviors to be compatible with the specified version of SQL Server.

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SQL Server – Configuration Manager Console Running Very Slow and Time Out

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Database Compatible Level, SQL Server

SQL Server Performance Tuning is my hobby, passion and a job. During my recent consulting engagement for Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I had to face a very interesting situation which I had never faced before. I personally take any consulting gig where SQL Server is running slow, it does not matter if it is Configuration Manager Console, Dynamics, NAV, SharePoint or any other application which runs SQL Server as a database. 

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