Earlier last week, I had the opportunity to attend my 10th SQL PASS. Yes, It has been 10 years since I have been visiting the PASS conference. This year, I had the opportunity to present 1 pre-con, 2 general sessions, 1 lightning talk. I really had a busy time at SQLPASS but along with the sessions, the highlight of the event was a video I recorded with Bert where we discussed troubleshoot a Slow Performing SQL Server.
Practical Real World Performance Tuning – 50% Discount for 15 Days
Practical Real World Performance Tuning – 50% Discount for 15 Days
SQL SERVER – Initializing the FallBack Certificate Failed With Error Code: 1, State: 20, Error Number: 0
One of my clients came with an issue with SQL Server startup. As per them, they just changed the password of SQL Server Service account using the configuration manager. In this blog we would learn about how to fix Initializing the FallBack certificate failed with error code: 1, state: 20, error number: 0 during SQL startup.
Does Sort Order in Index Column Matters for Performance? – Interview Question of the Week #199
Question:Â Does Sort Order in Index Column Matters for Performance?
Answer: Wow, it has been a long time since I have heard this question and the matter of fact, I have never blogged about this subject on this blog. I have received this question during my recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.
SQL SERVER – How to Escape a Single Quote in SQL Server?
In my earlier post on “How to Escape a Single Quote in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #192 I showed you a method of escaping a single quote.
SQL SERVER – The Older Way to Find Size of Index Using Deprecated sysindexes
Earlier this month, I wrote a blog post about How to Find Size of the Index for Tables? – Interview Question of the Week #198, in this I had explained the way to find the size of the index for the table. However, while I was writing the blog post, I was thinking about how I used to love sysindexes once upon a time. However, as now I focus on the new DMVs, I decided not to provide the script of the sysindexes.
SQL SERVER – AlwaysOn – Queries Waiting for HADR_AR_CRITICAL_SECTION_ENTRY
In the past few days, I am being contacted by clients for AlwaysOn related issue. I have been writing a blog about them. In this blog, we would learn about how to fix wait for HADR_AR_CRITICAL_SECTION_ENTRY.
SQL SERVER – Cluster Resource ‘AGName’ of type ‘SQL Server Availability Group’ in Clustered Role ‘AGName’ Failed
I never leave my customers alone when they are having an issue with something which I helped them. Typically, I help customers in creating POC and deploying AlwaysOn Availability Groups. Just the other day while doing the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I came across error related to cluster resources.Â
SQL SERVER – Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed because upgrade step msdb110_upgrade.sql encountered error 926, state 1, severity 25
I have helped many clients in upgrade failures via my On-Demand consulting and I am amazed to see various ways which can break SQL Server upgrade. In this blog we would learn about fixing error Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed because of upgrade step ‘sqlagent100_msdb_upgrade.sql’
Getting Started with MariaDB – New Course on Pluralsight
As a database professional, one should know multiple database platforms as in the real world we can’t say no to our clients when they show up a system which is running slow and involves multiple database platforms. During the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check engagements, I have seen quite many different databases like ProstgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB. In this blog post, I am going to discuss my newly released course on Pluralsight –Â Getting Started with MariaDB.