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tempdb spills

Performance and TempDB Spills – SQL in Sixty Seconds 208

January 10, 2025
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL Performance, SQL TempDB

Sorting large datasets in SQL Server can significantly impact performance, especially when it leads to tempdb spills.

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Deadlock and Profiler - SQL in Sixty Seconds 207

Deadlock and Profiler – SQL in Sixty Seconds 207

January 8, 2025
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Deadlock, SQL Performance, SQL Profiler

In today’s episode, we’ll explore how to simulate and capture deadlocks in SQL Server using the powerful SQL Server Profiler.

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ChatGPT Tricks

3 ChatGPT Tricks to Tune SQL Server – SQL in Sixty Seconds 203

June 24, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
AI, SQL Performance

Here are 3 ChatGPT tricks to tune SQL Server: quick, practical methods to optimize your queries, with a SQL in Sixty Seconds video.

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Optimizer Timeouts: Reason for Early Termination in a Plan

April 1, 2024
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Cache, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL XML

Diagnose optimizer early termination in SQL Server plans, find cached timeouts with XML, and simplify queries using measured evidence.

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The Columnstore Delta Store: Small Loads and Open Rowgroups

November 3, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
ColumnStore Index, SQL Index, SQL Performance, SQL Server

Inspect the columnstore delta store, distinguish rowgroup states, and choose load sizes or targeted compression after small loads.

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pivotunpivot

SQL SERVER – Exploring PIVOT and UNPIVOT

October 24, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
PIVOT and UNPIVOT, SQL Performance

The SQL Server PIVOT and UNPIVOT operators are powerful tools that provide an easy way to transform your data in SQL.

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The Intricacies of T-SQL String Comparison: LIKE VS '='

The Intricacies of T-SQL String Comparison: LIKE VS ‘=’

October 4, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Index, SQL Performance

Let us learn The Intricacies of T-SQL String Comparison. In SQL, the way you compare strings can greatly impact the results of your queries.

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