Bhavesh Patel

Bhavesh Patel is a SQL Server database professional with 10+ years of experience. Most of his career has been working on database development and administration. He has a strong interest in continuous learning and likes facing challenges to learn new things. In his spare time, he spends time with his family. Currently, his main role is query tuning with respect to optimization and server performance.

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Category	Tip Title
Error Handling	SQL Server Transaction Remains Open After Stored Procedure Error
Functions User Defined UDF	Validate Integer and Decimal Values in SQL Server
Integration Services Data Flow Transformations	Character Map Transformations in SQL Server Integration Services
Integration Services Data Flow Transformations	Synchronize Table Data Using a Merge Join in SSIS
Integration Services Development	Fuzzy Transformation and Fuzzy Grouping in SQL Server Integration Services
Integration Services Development	Import Text and CSV Files into SQL Server Database with SSIS Script Task
Integration Services Development	Pass SSIS Variable from Parent to Child Package in SQL Server Integration Services
Integration Services Development	SSIS Raw File Source and Destination Example
Integration Services Development	SSIS Transfer Error Messages and Master Stored Procedures Tasks
Integration Services Development	Zip and Unzip files using 7-Zip in SQL Server Integration Services
Integration Services Error Handling	Capturing SQL Server Integration Services Package Errors Using OnError Event Handlers
Locking and Blocking	Prevent SQL Server Blocking using Lock_Timeout
Performance Tuning	Different Ways to Flush or Clear SQL Server Cache
Performance Tuning	Find Currently Executing SQL Server Queries Consuming Transaction Log Space
Performance Tuning	How to find compiled parameter values for SQL Server cached plans
Performance Tuning	Optimize Moving SQL Server Data From One Table to Another Table
Performance Tuning	UPDATE Statement Performance in SQL Server
Power BI	Refresh a Power BI Dataset using Microsoft Power Automate
Power BI Charts	Power BI Toggle Button to Navigate Between Charts
Power BI Formatting	Dynamic Page Navigation in Power BI
Query Plans	Query plan returns NULL when using SQL Server DMV sys.dm_exec_query_plan
Query Plans	SQL Server error query processor ran out of internal resources and could not produce a query plan
Query Plans	SQL Server Multi Statement Table Value Function (MTVFS) Performance Difference Between Versions
Query Plans	Understanding SQL Server Recompilations
Restore	Optimize SQL Server Database Restore Performance
Scripts	SQL Server CTE and XML Recursion Script
Security	Clone a SQL Server login and password to a new server
Triggers	SQL Server Logon Trigger Examples
TSQL	Group By in SQL Server with CUBE, ROLLUP and GROUPING SETS Examples
TSQL	SQL Server SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER and SET ANSI_PADDING Proper Usage Examples
Views	Drop SQL Server Views with N Levels of Dependencies

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