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I Let AI Recommend SQL Server Indexes Across a Week of Queries

August 28, 2026
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
AI, SQL Index

I let AI recommend SQL Server indexes across a week of queries, measured every number before and after, and the result was not the one I expected to write about.

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Illustrated cover: Far Too Easy?

Eleven SQL Server Interview Questions That Look Far Too Easy

August 20, 2026
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Clustered Index, SQL Index, SQL Performance

These eleven SQL Server interview questions look far too easy, and every one of them has stopped somebody senior.

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A dense grid of small tiles representing hundreds of SQL Agent jobs, colour coded into four categories, with most tiles grey for dead and a small cluster in red for failing silently

Nine Unusual Ways My Clients Use AI With SQL Server

August 6, 2026
Pinal Dave
AI
Oracle, SQL Index, SQL NULL, SQL Performance

Everyone writes about AI generating queries. Here are nine unusual ways my clients use AI with SQL Server, and I helped build every one.

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Consultant and Robot on Fire.

Hire AI and Not Me: Human Can Make Mistakes

February 25, 2026
Pinal Dave
AI
AI, Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, SQL Index

Let me tell you something that took me a long time to say out loud. Human Can Make Mistakes Not AI. (Well, line inspired from famous GenAI tool).

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The Night Shift.

The Strange Emotional Shift of Working Alongside a Machine That “Thinks”

February 23, 2026
Pinal Dave
AI
AI, SQL Index, SQL Performance

Let us talk about The Strange Emotional Shift of Working Alongside a Machine That “Thinks”. The Night a Query Finished Before I Did

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SQL Server Execution Plan.

SQL SERVER – Execution Plans and Indexing Strategies – Quick Guide

February 9, 2026
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, Execution Plan, Query Hint, SQL Index

Let us learn today in this quick guide Execution Plans and Indexing Strategies. Your comments are welcome

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Catching Non-SARGable Queries in Action.

SQL SERVER – Catching Non-SARGable Queries in Action

April 23, 2025
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, Execution Plan, Performance Schema, SQL Index

If you ever wondered why a query that looks harmless is performing poorly despite having indexes in place, the answer could non-SARGable queries.

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