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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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“.

Mar13

SQL SERVER – Puzzle – How Does YEAR Function Work?

Pinal Dave

SQL Puzzle

SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

There are many different datetime related functions such as DAY, MONTH, YEAR, DATEDIFF, etc available in SQL Server. For example, YEAR function can be used to extract year value from a date.

Mar13

[Exclusive] Practical Real World Performance Tuning – Live Training Session for Limited Time

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

Brent Ozar, SQL Index, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Training

I am happy to announce that the new course Practical Real-World Performance Tuning, along with Brent Ozar (blog) is now live. We are accepting the registration for a limited time. This is very unique opportunity to learn Performance Tuning with real-world examples.

Mar12

SQL SERVER – Fix Error 3271: A nonrecoverable I/O error occurred on file. The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Azure, SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security, Starting SQL

In SQL Server one error message can be caused due to many reasons. One of such error message is 3271 which is caused during failure of backup to URL command. Here are two earlier blogs about same error message 3271. (404) Not Found.

Mar11

What is Alternative to CASE Statement in SQL Server? – IIF Function – Interview Question of the Week #164

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: What is Alternative to CASE Statement in SQL Server?

Mar10

SQLAuthority News – 3 Performance Tuning Presentations at SQLBits 2018 – London

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Server, SQL Training, SQLAuthority Author Visit, SQLBits

I have so far attended many different technology conferences all over the world. SQLBits 2018 is my all time the favorite conference ever. This year, I was fortunate to present 1 Pre-Con and 2 Breakout Sessions on SQL Server subjects. I had received an amazing response to my sessions and pre-conferences.

Mar9

SQL SERVER – Fix Error 3271: A nonrecoverable I/O error occurred on file. The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Azure, SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security, Starting SQL

One of my blog readers contacted me via email for an error message which he was receiving while using the backup to URL feature. Using this feature, SQL Server can take database backup directly to Azure Blob Storage. I have already written a blog about few errors which I received earlier but this error was new. I replied him asking more details and it was an easy error to fix. In this blog we would discuss how to fix 3271, The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

Mar8

SQL SERVER – What is Forwarded Records and How to Fix Them?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Clustered Index, SQL Heap, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

During the early year of my career, one of the most popular questions I used to receive was – What is Forwarded Record? I used to find this question very valid as many people yet did not know what is the forwarded record. In most of the cases as time passes by more knowledge is spread amount SQL Server users and the number of questions reduces on a single topic. However, this is something I can’t say is true for Forwarded Records.

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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