After sending out the previous email where I explained that anyone who will attend SQLBits 2019: Pre-Con – 21 Essential Scripts: Performance Tuning for EVERYONE, will get 1 Hour FREE Consulting Hour, it seems that many of you have signed up for the course – Thank You! As per organizers, now there are only very few seats are available.
Win Apple Watch Series 4 and Solve SQL Server Performance Problems
Ask any DBA what would they love to monitor in their SQL Server and I promise you that you will get quite many different answers to this question. Though every DBA would love to see their server always up upon asked what exactly they would like to watch you will see different answers to the popular question. I have previously blogged about it over here: Solve 3 Biggest SQL Server Performance Challenges with Spotlight. Today, you can download Spotlight and Win Apple Watch Series 4.
Solve 3 Biggest SQL Server Performance Challenges with Spotlight
My primary responsibility is to help people with SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization, and I believe there are three important challenges any DBA faces. Today we will discuss why I prefer to use Spotlight to identify SQL Server Performance issues and their resolutions.
How to Prevent Common SQL Server Performance Problems Efficiently With Smart Capacity Planning
Have you ever imagined how often SQL Server performance issues are actually caused by poor capacity planning? Sometimes a SQL Server database has insufficient storage performance, an instance is running out of memory, or the server level CPU is skyrocketing to an unhealthy level.
SQL SERVER – Export Data From SSMS Query to Excel
Today’s blog post is actually a follow up of my earlier blog post SQL SERVER – Copy Data From SSMS Query Result to Excel. In the earlier blog post, we had discussed how to copy data from the resultset. In this blog post, we will discuss how we can directly export data from SSMS Query to Excel.
Oracle to SQL Server Data Migration and Replication – Budget and ROI
My primary job is to help various organizations design scalable architecture which can provide robust performance all the time. I love my job very much when I have complete freedom to make the decisions to build elaborate infrastructure. However, not every time I am allowed to do what I want to do because every CEO and CTO are concerned about one thing – “Budget and ROI (Return of investment).”
SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 8180 – Statement(s) Could not be Prepared. Deferred Prepare Could not be Completed
While running a linked server query, I encountered an error and learned something new. In this blog we would learn about how to fix error – Msg 8180 – Statement(s) could not be prepared.
Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 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 109 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.
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