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.

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Jan26

SQL SERVER – Error 0x800f081e or ErrorCode: – 2146498530 While Installing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

While installing SQL Server Management Studio 18.0 (Preview) on my lab server, I got an error. In this blog, we would learn about error 0x800f081e which you also might see while installing other software also.

Jan25

SQL SERVER – Fix: 400 – Bad Request Authentication Failed for Account and the Provided Key. Please Provide a Valid Key and Try Again

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Security, SSMS

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While helping a client with Azure environment, I came across an interesting error. I this blog I would explain cause and fix of error “Authentication failed for account sqlauthprembackup and the provided key. Please provide a valid key and try again.”

Jan24

SQL SERVER – Always On Availability Group Listener Missing in SSMS but Working Fine in Failover Cluster Manager

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, Computer Network, SQL High Availability, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

I have helped many customers to solve complex issues in their environment by Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Sometimes, the issue looks very complex but once the solution is found it seems very easy. In this blog, we would learn about a situation where the listener is missing in SSMS but working fine in failover cluster manager (cluadmin.msc).

Jan23

SQL SERVER – Identify Datatype Using SQL_VARIANT_PROPERTY Function

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Data Type, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

One of my client of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check sent me the following email about SQL_VARIANT_PROPERTY Function. I really love my job as SQL Server consultant as I get to learn most of the new stuff or discover the hidden knowledge nuggets which I have discovered. Today’s problem is one such problem which I had never come across till I was asked this question by my client.

Jan22

SharePlex – Efficient and High Performance Replication from Oracle to Kafka

Pinal Dave

SQL

Kafka, Oracle, Quest, SharePlex, SQL Replication

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Ask any DBA what is their dream infrastructure and I promise you that they will narrate immediately a story which will be centered around no downtime and amazing performance. However, when you ask them if they know what exactly will make them happy as well as run their business most efficient, why are they not going for it? The usual answer is budget. If we ask DBA to presume there is an infinite budget the next answer is Good Tool. In this blog post, we will discuss how we can replicate data from Oracle to Kafka and efficiently and quickly.

Jan21

SQL SERVER – FCB::Open Failed – TEMPDB Files Fail to be Created with Error: “CREATE FILE Encountered Operating System Error 3”

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB

Once there was an urgent request from my client and they asked my assistance. Without wasting any time, I sent them GoToMeeting invite and started working. In this blog we would learn how to fix FCB::Open failed for TempDB database.

Jan20

Does NOLOCK Really Applies No Lock? – Interview Question of the Week #209

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Query Hint, Schema, SQL Lock, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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Question: Does NOLOCK Really Applies No Lock?

Answer: The answer is NOLOCK do apply the lock and it is Sch-S lock. Sch-S stands for Schema Stability. Quite a few people say it is actually Schema Shared lock and it is not correct.

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 100 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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