SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Apr6

SQL SERVER – FIX: Arithmetic Overflow Error in Object Execution Statistics Report in Management Studio

Pinal Dave

SQL

Execution Plan, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Statistics, SSMS

Many times, there are unforeseen conditions and few developers can’t predict which writing the code of a product. This is the reason we have bugs in the products and we all have job to do. One of my clients was not able to run one of the inbuilt reports which come with SQL Server Management Studio. The report name was Object Execution Statistics. As per them, this report was running fine until last week and it had suddenly stopped working. They wanted some idea this as it was not a show stopper for them. When they launch the report, they see below error

Apr5

The Evolution of the DBA – Challenges, Changes and Upcoming Trends

Pinal Dave

SQL

DBA, Quest

What scares the DBA most besides the Text at midnight with word downtime? Well, the answer to this question is pretty simple – The changing work profile for DBA. I am fortunate that during my job as a Data Consultant, I get to visit different organizations across the world and get to meet some finest Data Professionals and Business Leaders. I get the first-hand experience of the evolution of the DBAs in the constant changing and challenging world. It is extremely important for DBAs to get updated with the current trends to stay relevant to their job. Let us see today a quick story of Evolution of the DBA!

Apr4

SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error – ALTER DATABASE Statement Not Allowed Within Multi-statement Transaction

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Replication, SQL Scripts, SQL Transactions, SQL Upgrade, Starting SQL

Most of the time applying service pack for SQL Server is a child’s play. Double click on exe, keep hitting next, next and finally press update. But when it fails, you would need an expert to fix the issue. Recently, one of my clients faced a problem while installing SQL Server 2014 Sp2. The Service Pack error failed at the final stage. And now the SQL Server services were not starting. This issue can have various variations where SQL Services doesn’t start after patching. Few on my earlier blogs on the same topic are listed below. Let us learn about ALTER DATABASE Statement Not Allowed Within Multi-statement Transaction.

Apr3

SQL SERVER – AlwaysOn Automatic Seeding Failure – Failure_code 15 and Failure_message: VDI Client Failed

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, SQL DMV, SQL Error Messages, SQL Restore, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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Recently I wrote a blog explaining a situation where taking log backup can break automatic seeding and synchronization would not work. Below is the blog reference. SQL SERVER – AlwaysOn Automatic Seeding – Database Stuck in Restoring State

Apr2

SQL SERVER – PowerShell Script – Delete Old Backup Files in SQL Express

Pinal Dave

SQL

Powershell, SQL Backup, SQL Server

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If you have worked with various SQL Server editions, then you would know that SQL Server Express edition does not have SQL Server Agent service. Due to this, we lose capabilities to automate a lot of things. Let us learn in this blog post how to delete old backup files in SQL Express.

Apr1

How to Estimate Space Saved by Data Compression in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #167

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Compression, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

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Question: How to Estimate Space Saved by Data Compression in SQL Server?

Mar31

SQL SERVER – FIX: Backup Detected Log Corruption in database MyDB. Context is Bad Middle Sector

Pinal Dave

SQL

Database Corruption, SQL Error Messages, SQL Log, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

During my consulting, I guide my clients to have a backup plan in place. One of my clients reported that whenever they try to take a Full Backup of a database, it fails precisely after 60% completion. Here is the error message while making database backup using SQL Server Management Studio. Let us fix error related to the bad middle sector in this blog.

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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