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Proving a Tuning Change Worked With Before and After Numbers

March 10, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Best Practices, Query Store, SQL Performance, SQL Server

Prove a tuning change with before and after numbers from Query Store for CPU, reads, duration, and comparable execution volume.

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How to Do Case Insensitive Search? – Interview Question of the Week #267

March 8, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Collation, SQL Scripts, SQL Search, SQL Server

Question: How to Do Case Insensitive Search?

Collations in SQL Server provide sorting rules, case, and accent sensitivity properties for your data.

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SQL SERVER Management Studio – Rebuild All Indexes on Table

March 6, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

SSMS can open a Rebuild All dialog for table indexes. An e-commerce customer discovered this shortcut during my health check.

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Title card: Setup Account Does Not Have Administrator Rights

SQL SERVER – Install Error – The Account Running SQL Server Setup Does Not Have Administrator Rights On the Computer. To Continue, Use an Account With Administrator Rights

March 4, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server 2019, SQL Server Installation, SQL Server Security, Starting SQL

In this blog, I would share the steps to identify and fix error – The account running SQL Server Setup does not have administrator rights on the computer.

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How to Join Two Tables Without Using Join Keywords? – Interview Question of the Week #266

March 1, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Join Two Tables Without Using Join Keywords?

Answer: In my life, I have attended many interviews as an interviewer.

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Title card: Error 15580: Cannot Drop Master Key

SQL SERVER – Error 15580 – Cannot Drop Master Key Because Dialog “GUID” is Encrypted by It

February 26, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Service Broker, SQL Datatype, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Encryption, SQL Server Security

In this blog, I would share my knowledge about how to fix error 15580 – Cannot drop the master key because dialog “GUID” is encrypted by it.

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Listing Objects Changed Since the Last Release With modify_date

February 25, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, SQL Performance, SQL Server

modify_date shows what changed after a release, but never what was dropped. Here is a small baseline trick that fills the gap.

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