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SQL SERVER – What is Logical Read?

November 12, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Statistics

A logical read requests a database page through the buffer cache. A customer asked about that measure after my STATISTICS IO video.

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Efficient Query

Performance Challenge – Write Efficient Query – SQL in Sixty Seconds #140

October 30, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Operator, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Recently while working with my client I ended up in a very interesting situation where my client wanted me to write an Efficient Query.

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SSMS and ADS

Single Installer for SSMS and ADS – SQL in Sixty Seconds #138

October 23, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Azure Data Studio, SQL Azure, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Microsoft has recently released a single installer which now installs SSMS and ADS both together in a single Installation. 

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Arrow in Execution Plan – SQL in Sixty Seconds #136

October 20, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Operator, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Do you know what a single arrow means in an execution plan? While we popularly call it the arrow, there is a technical name for these little arrows.

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Channels carry water between small stone pools

What is EDGE in SQL Server Execution Plan? – Interview Question of the Week #298

October 18, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Execution Plan, SQL Performance, SQL Server Management Studio

Question: What is EDGE in SQL Server Execution Plan?

Answer: It is the arrow or the line which goes from one operator to another operator.

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replace STAR

SSMS Efficiency – Replace STAR – SQL in Sixty Seconds #130

October 7, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

You might have heard that SELECT * is bad for queries performance. Let us learn in today’s video how we can replace STAR (*) by column name.

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Cycle Clipboard Ring

Cycle Clipboard Ring – SQL in Sixty Seconds #129

October 6, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Shortcut

Copy (CTRL + C) and Paste (CTRL + V) are the friends of the DBAs and Developers. In SQL Server it is totally possible to use the Cycle Clipboard Ring.

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