SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Jan4

SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Why Does UNION ALL Work but UNION Produces Error?

Pinal Dave

SQL Puzzle

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Union clause

You already know what UNION and UNION ALL operators do. They combine datasets while UNION keeps the distinct data, UNION ALL will retain all the data. You can read more about that over here: SQL SERVER – Difference Between Union vs. Union All – Optimal Performance Comparison. Let us see why does anyone all work, but union produces error in this puzzle.

Jan3

SQL SERVER – Slow Filestream Data Cleanup. What Should We Do?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Filestream, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

One of my client reported an issue where they were running low on free disk space on the drive where they have file-stream files. They are one of a heavy user of filestream feature as compare to any of my previous clients. As per their observation, the filestream disk space was getting released very slow after deleting the records in database tables using this feature.

Jan2

SQL SERVER – SQL Vulnerability Assessment – Security Analysis

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Security, SSMS

Microsoft has recently announced a very interesting feature for security of your SQL Server. I really loved this new feature – SQL Vulnerability Assessment. Unlike most of the other V1 features which MS releases, this time I really liked this particular feature. This feature not only provides the assessments but also the solutions.

Jan1

SQL SERVER – How to Restart SQL Azure Database?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Azure, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Installation

I have said this many time earlier at various forums and I can still say that – “with my current consulting work, I am learning at least one new thing every day.” This is one of the reason why I love my work! In this blog I am going to share an interesting fact which was shared with me by my customer – how to restart SQL Azure database?

Dec31

How to List Queries With Memory Grant and Execution Plan? – Interview Question of the Week #154

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL DMV, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to List Queries With Memory Grant and Execution Plan?

Dec30

SQL SERVER – Account Added Automatically in SQL Server Used by SharePoint

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SharePoint, , SQL Server, SQL Server Security

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Earlier I wrote a blog about DBA doing detective work. SQL SERVER – Why We have an Audit, Trace in DATA Folder? What are These Files?. Now today there is another similar situation where the account is added automatically in SQL Server used by SharePoint.

Dec29

SQL SERVER – xp_cmdshell and Net Use ERROR: The Local Device Name is Already in Use

Pinal Dave

SQL

Command Line, SQL Command, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

People generally ask me; how do I manage to find a blog topic for every day blogging? And my answer is – “Connect yourself to the ground, try to help people with the basics, have open eyes & ears and promise yourself to learn one new thing every day”. If one can achieve these, every day blogging is easier. As a part of my consulting, I was helping a client to run some scripts and while testing, I learned something new. In this blog, we would learn about cause and solution of the error, the local device name is already in use.

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 98 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.