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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Aug31

SQL SERVER – Rename Logical Database File Name for Any Database

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

File format, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

During recent we Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we had to restore a database on a server. When we restored a database, we realized that the logical file name of the database was incorrect and we had to change that to something more consistent with the organization’s naming convention. Let us see how we changed logical database file name in a few quick steps.

Aug30

SQL SERVER – UDF – User Defined Function to Extract Only Numbers From String

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

In my old post SQL SERVER – UDF – User Defined Function to Extract Only Numbers From String, I showed you User Defined function which can be used to extract only numbers from the given string. In this post, I am going to show you another method of extracting numbers from the string.

Aug29

SQL SERVER – Unable to Attach Database Files – The PageAudit Property is Incorrect – Ransomware Attack

Pinal Dave

SQL

Ransomware, SQL Audit, SQL Error Messages, SQL Log, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Recently one of my clients contacted me after reading my blog above Ransomware on the SQL Server machine. In this blog, we would learn about error The PageAudit property is incorrect.

Aug28

SQL SERVER- High CPU and Transaction Type WorkFileGroup_fake_worktable and Workfile

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Error Messages, SQL Operator, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB

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As a part of my SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization consultancy, I face interesting situations and every time I am able to resolve them. This was one of the more interesting ones where I was not getting any hint from the internet. Since it was a new thing to me, I am sharing it via this blog. In this blog, we would learn about the cause of WorkFileGroup_fake_worktable and Workfile.

Aug27

SQL SERVER – How to DROP or DELETE Suspect Database?

Pinal Dave

SQL

Database Corruption, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

One of my clients contacted me when there was business down situation. They had one of their production databases in suspect state and unable to drop it also. In this blog, we would learn about how to drop a suspect database.

Aug26

What Part of the SQLDump Suggest Database Corruption? – Interview Question of the Week #188

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Database Corruption, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, Transaction Log

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Question: What Part of the SQLDump Suggest Database Corruption?

Aug25

SQL SERVER – FIX: CREATE FILE Encountered Operating System Error 5 (Access is Denied.)

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, Windows

One of my existing clients performed migration of disk in SQL Server failover cluster. After completing their planned activity, they found that SQL Server was not coming online in the cluster. In this blog, we would learn how to fix error CREATE FILE encountered operating system error 5(Access is denied.) on TempDB during SQL Server startup process.

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).

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