SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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.

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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For SQL Server Emergency Help, you can reach out to me at pinal@sqlauthority.com with words URGENT in the email subject line for other services mention “Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check“.

Feb18

SQL SERVER – Windows Authentication or System Admin Account (SA)

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

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I like to say that I am SQL Server Performance Tuning expert but often during the conversation, I end up discussing security as well. Recently I was asked about my preference for Windows Authentication or System Admin Account (SA) during one of the recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.

Feb17

How to Find Table Cardinality from the Execution Plan? – Interview Question of the Week #213

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Cardinality, Execution Plan, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Statistics, SSMS

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Question: How to Find Table Cardinality from the Execution Plan?

Feb16

PostgreSQL – Storing Unicode Characters is Easy

Pinal Dave

SQL

PostgreSQL, SQL Function, SQL String, Unicode

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One of the interesting features of PostgreSQL database is the ability to handle Unicode characters. In SQL Server, to store non-English characters, we need to use NVARCHAR or NCAHR data type. In PostgreSQL, the varchar data type itself will store both English and non-English characters.

Feb15

SQL SERVER – Update Table Statistics in Parallel with FULLSCAN

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

Parallel, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

SQL Server Performance Tuning is a much simpler job if you know exactly where to look for and how to tune the configurations. Here is the real world scenario which I encountered during the recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. During the performance tuning exercise, we realized that for one of the table we needed to update the statistics with the full scan as the table was a very critical table for their business. However, every time whenever we were running the update statistics job, the query was running very slow and almost never finish.

Feb14

Frequently Asked Questions for SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop for EVERYONE

Pinal Dave

SQLAuthority News

SQL Server, SQL Training

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Earlier this week I announced my very first online training class open for (US, EU, Asia, and Everywhere) over here: SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop for EVERYONE – April 23, 2019, and so far I have received an amazing response. We have sold quite a few seats in the very first few minutes of announcing the class.

Feb13

SQL SERVER – New Parallel Operation Cannot be Started Due to Too Many Parallel Operations Executing at this Time

Pinal Dave

SQL

Parallel, Reporting Services, SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

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One of my clients contacted me via my On Demand (50 Minutes) offering and they were seeing below error message in ERRORLOG – New parallel operation cannot be started due to too many parallel operations executing at this time.

Feb12

First Online Open for All Class: SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop for EVERYONE – April 23, 2019

Pinal Dave

SQLAuthority News

SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Training, Workshop

I have been delivering SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop for various organizations and it has been an extremely popular class so far. I get lots of requesting that I should deliver it for individuals. The only reason, I never scheduled it for individuals was the content of the class was customized carefully for a specific organization. However, I believe it is time now when I can announce this class to everyone.

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 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).

Nupur Dave is a social media enthusiast and an independent consultant. She primarily focuses on the database domain, helping clients build short and long-term multi-channel campaigns to drive leads for their sales pipeline.