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Remove Key Lookup – SQL in Sixty Seconds #194

February 21, 2022
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Index, SQL Performance, SQL Server Management Studio

Today, we are going to see one more trick from the book – Remove Key Lookup and improve the performance of queries.

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SQL SERVER – Source Database in Restoring State

October 19, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

A Source Database in Restoring State can follow a tail-log backup WITH NORECOVERY. A customer encountered this while restoring another copy.

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SQL SERVER Agent Missing from SSMS

September 29, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Management Studio

Agent XPs can explain why SQL Server Agent is Missing from SSMS. I check edition and service state before changing configuration.

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SQL SERVER – Easiest Way to Copy All Stored Procedure Definitions

September 8, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Stored Procedure

Object Explorer Details helps copy procedure definitions through SSMS scripting. I select the procedures and review the generated script before execution.

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SQL SERVER – Stored Procedure Timing and Cached Measurements

August 11, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Statistics, SQL Stored Procedure

SET STATISTICS TIME reports CPU and elapsed execution time for Stored Procedures. A customer wanted to measure a run without adding statements manually.

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SQL Server – Single Scan for 3 Operations – COUNT(*) COUNT(1) SUM(1)

June 30, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Function, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Today we will take the same conversation to the next level by discussing Single Scan for 3 Operations – COUNT(*) COUNT(1) SUM(1).

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Multiple Backup Copies Stripped – SQL in Sixty Seconds #156

February 19, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup and Restore, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Yesterday I blogged about SQL SERVER – Creating Multiple Backup Copies. I got an amazing response to the blog post. Let us learn it today.

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