Feb 2026 Discount: Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check | Testimonials

Home
  • Consulting
  • Training
  • Free Videos
  • All Articles
    • Interview Questions and Answers
    • SQL Tips and Tricks
    • SQL Performance
    • SQL Puzzle
    • Big Data
    • Blog Stats
    • SQL Books
    • Search SQLAuthority
  • Downloads
  • Hire Me
  • Health Check

SQL SERVER – What Are Ghost Records and How to Clean Them Up?

September 28, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

What are Ghost Records and How to Clean Them Up?

I loved this question when I received it last week in my SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop.

Read More

SQL SERVER – Select Unique Data From a Column Exist in Two Different Table

September 26, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Puzzle
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Union clause

If you have not understood what I am going to talk in this blog post by just reading the title, I think you are a normal human like me. Just the other day I received an email from a blog reader with subject line as “Select Unique Data From a Column Exist in Two Different Table”.

Read More

SQL SERVER – Simple Explanation of AT TIME ZONE Feature

September 25, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Recently I received a simple question about AT TIME ZONE feature. This is the new feature which is introduced in SQL Server 2016 and later version of the SQL Server. As this is a relatively new feature the adoption of this feature is also a bit slow. However, let us understand how this function really works in a few simple words. 

Read More

How to Kill User Sessions (SPID) in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #141

September 24, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Kill User Sessions (SPID) in SQL Server?

Read More

SQL SERVER – The Operating System Returned the Error 21(The Device is Not Ready.) While Attempting ‘GetDiskFreeSpace’ on ‘A:\’

September 23, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I always try to keep myself up-to-date with new released of SQL Server. This blog is part of my learning, while using SQL Server 2017, which I always share with my blog readers. This is the error related to Error 21 about a device not ready. 

Read More

SQL SERVER – New DMV in SQL Server 2017 – sys.dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives. A Replacement of xp_fixeddrives

September 22, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server 2017, SQL Stored Procedure

Looking at the way SQL has evolved, there are changes coming up in SQL Server 2017 which would help it run on Windows and Linux platforms. Let us learn about dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives.

Read More

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 5123, Level 16 – CREATE FILE Encountered Operating System Error 5

September 21, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, Windows

This blog is about another common error reported by many DBA to me. He faced error related to create file in OS.

Here is the text of the message.

Read More
Previous 1 … 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 … 347 Next
  • SQL Interview Q & A
  • Testimonials
  • Search
  • Privacy Policy

© 2006 – 2026 All rights reserved. pinal @ SQLAuthority.com

Go to mobile version