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“.

Aug21

Practical Real World Performance Tuning – Games , Interaction and Feedback

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

Brent Ozar, SQL Server, SQL Training

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If you are following this blog, you would be familiar with my online class Practical Real World Performance Tuning with Brent Ozar. The course was initially planned to offer for only 3 different times this year. However, due to a popularity of the course, we had offered this course so far 5 times. The course is very unique and there is nothing out there which is comparable to this course. Let me just highlight a few points which makes me proud every time I talk about this course. Let us discuss Practical Real World Performance Tuning – Games , Interaction and Feedback.

Aug20

SQL SERVER – FIX: Error – The Job Failed. Unable to Determine If The Owner Domain\User of Job Job_Name Has Server Access

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

I keep on breaking my lab environment and have learned many things from it. Here is one of the recent errors which I fixed. In this blog, we would learn how to fix error “The job failed. Unable to determine if the owner of job has server access.” While executing a SQL Agent job.

Aug19

Which is Faster – INSERT INTO SELECT or SELECT INTO? – Interview Question of the Week #187

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: Which is Faster – INSERT INTO SELECT or SELECT INTO?

Aug18

SQL SERVER – Unable to Remove Replication Publication – Could not Delete the Subscription at Subscriber ‘SubServer’ in Database ‘SubDB’

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Replication, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

While playing with my lab server having broken replication, I encountered an error message when I was trying to remove publication. In this blog, we would learn about how to fix error Could not delete the subscription at Subscriber ‘SubServer’ in database ‘SubDB’.

Aug17

SQL SERVER – Useful Queries – Why Huge Transaction Log (LDF) File? Fix Low Disk Free Space on the Drive Used by LDF Files

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL DMV, SQL Log, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, Transaction Log

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During my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check engagement with the client, one of the most common issue found was the huge size of the transaction log file. In this blog, we would learn about useful queries which I use to help my client in fixing Huge Transaction Log (LDF) File.

Aug16

SQL SERVER – Error: 17300 – The Error is Printed in Terse Mode Because There was Error During Formatting

Pinal Dave

SQL

Powershell, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

SQL SERVER – Error: 17300 – The Error is Printed in Terse Mode Because There was Error During Formatting. Let us fix that in this blog.

Aug15

SQL SERVER – How to Generate Random Password? – Enhanced Version – Part 2

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

, SQL Password, SQL Random, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

I have previously written about Random Password before in the blog posts here, here and here. This blog is sent by James Curran, who has created the following generate random password stored procedure keeping the base of the original solution of Tim Cartwright. Thanks to both of this individual SQL Server Expert who has helped me to come up with a more robust solution for a random password.

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.