Hemantgiri

With 25 years in the IT industry, I specialize in SQL Server and cloud technologies, holding certifications in ITIL , Azure, and Google Cloud. I have a proven track record of delivering reliable and efficient solutions across various clients and domains.

As a published author, speaker, and community leader, I am passionate about SQL Server high availability, disaster recovery, and capacity planning. I authored a book on SQL Server 2008 High Availability and have delivered presentations at technical events in Surat. Additionally, I founded and lead the SQL PASS Chapter in Surat, nurturing a vibrant SQL Server community.
  • Interests: Reading,Writing,Painting

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T-SQL Tuesday #193 – Notes to past and future me

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The last T-SQL Tuesday of the year is hosted by my good friend Mike...

A Note and a Message: T-SQL Tuesday #193

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This month Mike Walsh hosts T-SQL Tuesday. It’s been quite some time since he...

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Hi So I have the below select query that won't return results if I...

Catalog max connection pool size: 100

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Seeing this message repeated every 10 seconds in the RSHostingService_yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss.log file. Can anyone advise:...

CAST datetimeoffset(7) as a datetime in UK format

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I have a view where I am casting a datetimeoffset(7) field to smalldatetime or...

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Question of the Day

Putting the Player with the Number

In SQL Server 2025, what does this return? 

DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix',
@num VARCHAR = '10'

SELECT @player || @num

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