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Aug21

SQL SERVER – Identify Database File with Maximum IO Issues

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Disk, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, System Object
1 Comment

I have received an interesting email from a client of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. His question was related to files with IO Issues.

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Aug20

Microsoft SQL Server and Ransomware Viruses

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Ransomware, SQL Server, SQL Server Security, SQL Utility
5 Comments

What if your files got affected by this plague (Ransomware)? It is unlikely that you can decrypt the files, even after paying a ransom.

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Aug19

SQL SERVER – Removing Extra TempDB Files

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL TempDB
2 Comments

The other day I ended up a very interesting situation while working with Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, with TempDB files.

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Aug18

How to Create a Table Automatically in All Newly Created Databases? – Interview Question of the Week #238

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, System Database
3 Comments

Question: How to Create a Table Automatically in All Newly Created Databases? This question was recently asked in my recent consulting engagement

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Aug17

SQL SERVER – Building Date and Time with DATETIMEFROMPARTS()

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String
No Comments

Today we will have very simple learning about Building Date and Time with DATETIMEFROMPARTS(). We will build the DateTime using a function.

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Aug16

SQL SERVER – Lots of Runnable SPID – What Next?

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
CPU Threads, SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
No Comments

Once we fixed this issue of bottlenecks, we ended up on a very different issue where we had lots of runnable SPID and CPU was still underutilizing.

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Aug15

SQL SERVER – How to Shrink tempDB Database?

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Shrinking Database, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL TempDB
2 Comments

In the email yesterday from the client who earlier hired me for performance tuning had a small question about how to shrink tempdb database.

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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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Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check

Is your SQL Server running slow and you want to speed it up without sharing server credentials? In my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we can work together remotely and resolve your biggest performance troublemakers in less than 4 hours.

Once you learn my business secrets, you will fix the majority of problems in the future.


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Have you ever opened any PowerPoint deck when you face SQL Server Performance Tuning emergencies? SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop is my MOST popular training with no PowerPoint presentations and 100% practical demonstrations.

Essentially I share my business secrets to optimize SQL Server performance.


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