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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Dec11

SQL SERVER – xp_create_subdir() Returned Error 183, ‘Cannot Create a File When that File Already Exists

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Extended Events, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

New client, new idea and a new blog! That’s how I have been writing a daily blog for many years now. In this blog, I would share my learning from a client who faced error “xp_create_subdir() returned error 183, ‘Cannot create a file when that file already exists” while running maintenance plan.

Dec10

SQL SERVER – Relating Unrelated Tables – A Question from Reader

Pinal Dave

SQL Puzzle

SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I often get emails from my blog readers asking various types of questions. Here is one of the interesting questions from a reader about Relating Unrelated Tables. Let us go over it in detail.

Dec9

How to Shrink All the Log Files for SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #203

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Shrinking Database, SQL Backup, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Shrink All the Log Files for SQL Server?

Dec8

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 15281 – SQL Server Blocked Access to STATEMENT ‘OpenRowset/OpenDatasource’ of Component ‘Ad Hoc Distributed Queries’

Pinal Dave

SQL

Ad Hoc Query, OpenRowSet, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I wrote a blog earlier about reading data from excel via SQL Server. This was done using ‘OpenRowset. One of my blog readers sent an email to me that they were getting an error. In this blog, we would see how to fix Msg 15281 – SQL Server blocked access to STATEMENT ‘OpenRowset/OpenDatasource’ of component ‘Ad Hoc Distributed Queries’

Dec7

SQL SERVER – Installation Stuck at Offline Installation of Microsoft Machine Learning Server Components

Pinal Dave

SQL

Machine Learning, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Installation, Starting SQL

I was trying to install SQL Server 2017 on my latest formatted machine and was stuck at below screen which says – Offline Installation of Microsoft Machine Learning Server Components. In this blog, we would learn about how to move forward in the Installation when it is stuck at Offline Installation of Microsoft Machine Learning Server Components.

Dec6

SQL SERVER – SETUP Error: The Syntax of Argument “/ACTION” is Incorrect

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Setup, Starting SQL

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Recently, I was trying to uninstall SQL Server via command prompt and faced an interesting situation. In this blog, we would learn about the error “The syntax of argument “/ACTION” is incorrect” and how to fix it.

Dec5

SQL SERVER – Unable to Uninstall – Index was Outside the Bounds of the Array

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Index, SQL Server, Starting SQL

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This was an interesting error which I received while trying to uninstall SQL Server. In this blog, we would learn how to fix error Index was outside the bounds of the array, which might come during uninstallation of SQL Server.

I must say this was an unfortunate situation where my machine got crashed while SQL Server install was in progress. To get rid of the “incomplete” installation, I decided to remove it and install it again. I went to add/remove program and selected “uninstall” for SQL Server 2017 as I was welcomed by error – Index was outside the bounds of the array. I looked into Summary.txt file and found below.

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.