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ROWCOUNT_BIG and @@ROWCOUNT: Checking What a Statement Changed

September 25, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Output Clause, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Trigger

Capture ROWCOUNT_BIG immediately after a change, validate expected counts, and handle NOCOUNT, triggers, and MERGE without stale values.

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SQL SERVER – Table Variables or Temp Tables – Performance Comparison – SELECT

September 23, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB, SQL Variable, Temp Table

Today we are going to discuss the performance comparison of table variables and temp tables when we are running SELECT queries.

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Where is Table Variable Created? – Interview Question of the Week #243

September 22, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Disk, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB, Temp Table

Question: Where is Table Variable Created?

Answer: On Hard Disk and NOT in Memory.

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SQL SERVER – Table Variable or Temp Table – Performance Comparison – INSERT

September 21, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Variable, Temp Table

In this blog post, we will talk about Performance Comparison between Table Variable or Temp Table. Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check

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SQL SERVER – Regular Table or Temp Table – TempDB Logging Explained

September 20, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB, Temp Table, Transaction Log

After the blog posts about temp and regular table, I have received questions about it hence I am writing this blog post about TempDB Logging.

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SQL SERVER – Regular Table or Temp Table – A Quick Performance Comparison

September 19, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
ETL, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, Temp Table

For a data load, which is faster: a regular table or temp table? My client asked, and I answered with proof and a working demo you can run yourself.

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SQL SERVER – Check for Update in SSMS

September 18, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Cumulative Update, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

How to check for an update in SSMS depends on the installed generation. My fintech-customer walkthrough showed SSMS 18 settings.

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