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Oct21

SQL SERVER – Log Shipping Error: Only Members of the Sysadmin Fixed Server Role Can Perform This Operation

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Log Shipping, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
No Comments

They have observed that Log Shipping Copy and Log Shipping Restore jobs have been failing with log shipping error. Let us fix them.

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Oct20

Retrieve TOP 10 Rows Without Using TOP or LIMIT? – Interview Question of the Week #247

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
3 Comments

Question: Retrieve TOP 10 Rows Without Using TOP or LIMIT? We do not want to use TOP or LIMIT as they are actually not an ANSI implementation.

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Oct19

Analyzing SQL Server Query Plans – Pluralsight Online Video Course

Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Execution Plan, SQL Performance
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I got the opportunity to work on the area of SQL Server Performance Tuning have built a video course on the topic of Analyzing SQL Server Query Plans.

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Oct18

SQL SERVER – Turning Off Priority Boost Server Configuration Option on SSMS 18 Onwards

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS
No Comments

While working together we figured out one of the many issues was the priority boost server configuration. Let us talk about it a bit more in detail.

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Oct17

SQL SERVER – Sample Script to Check Index Fragmentation with RowCount

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
4 Comments

Let us see a script built for one of my clients of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check to Check Index Fragmentation with RowCount.

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Oct16

MariaDB – MySQL – Show Engines to Display All Available and Supported Engine

Pinal Dave
SQL
Engine, MariaDB, MySQL
No Comments

Essentially, they wanted to know command which can Show Engines to Display All Available and Supported Engine in MariaDB.

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Oct15

SQL Puzzle – Schema and Table Creation – Answer Without Running Code

Pinal Dave
SQL Puzzle
Schema, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Table Operation
319 Comments

It has been a while we have a puzzle on this blog. Let us have a very simple and interesting puzzle today about Schema and Table Creation.

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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 104 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).


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