Eduardo Pivaral

SQL Server Database Administrator/Developer with experience in large environments.
I have worked on IT for nearly 15 years in different areas.

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: SQL 2016 Database Administration since 2018.
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: SQL Server 2012/2014 since 2017.
Microsoft Certified Professional since 2014.

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New Youtube Channel

Last year I noticed I was blogging way less than I should, in part because of new projects: work, personal stuff, local community activities, university projects... you name it.As...

2020-01-31

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T-SQL Basics: using OUTPUT

You are working on a database development project, and you need to obtain the records before/after an INSERT, DELETE, UPGRADE or MERGE Statement to present it to the user...

2020-01-09 (first published: )

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SQL Engine basics: Caching data

SQL Server engine does an excellent job to optimize query performance and it has different methods to achieve this goal, one of these methods is the data caching.Data caching...

2019-07-16 (first published: )

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Blogs

How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)

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The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server

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Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026

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Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...

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Checking the Error Log III

If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?

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