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“.

Oct26

Data Starvation – Balance Your SQL Server – Part 2

In Part 1 I covered how much data your SQL Server should be processing and the effects if it isn’t. Here we check to make sure that you’re achieving that speed. Let us continue learning about data starvation in this blog post.

Oct25

Learn PowerBI and Advanced Analytics – Instructor-Led and Self Paced Training

Pinal Dave

SQL

Business Intelligence, SQL Training

If you are reading this blog, you must be aware that I focus on relational database and also in particular for SQL Server Performance Tuning. I always believed that any system in the world can use more performance. Well, while I focused on relational database, I accept that I have focused very little on the subject of PowerBI and Advanced Analytics.

Oct24

SQL SERVER – Compatibility Level 80 and Table Hint Behavior

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

Database Compatible Level, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

It has been a while since I worked with SQL Server 2000. However, as an independent consultant, SQL Server never stops to surprise us. Recently, during one Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I found a very interesting situation which is about compatibility level 80. If you are not familiar with compatibility level, it sets database behaviors to be compatible with the specified version of SQL Server.

Oct23

SQL SERVER – Error Due to Database Context – Error 208 – Invalid Object Name

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

Today, we are going to talk about one of the most popular errors which user see every day. There are many users who often get stuck at this error and have no clue how to move forward with this error in SSMS. It is quite possible you may say this is a very simple error and you knew about it, well good for you. Remember this blog post is for everyone who have faced error 208 – Invalid Object Name and have no idea how to move forward from this point.

Oct22

What are Forwarded Records in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #145

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Clustered Index, SQL DMV, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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Question: What are Forwarded Records in SQL Server?

Answer: It is interesting to see this question keeps on coming up in the interview questions. Even though this is very old concept, I hardly see new DBAs know about this subject.

Let us see the answer the question about the forwarded records.

Oct21

SQL SERVER – How to Create A Global Temporary Table?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB, Temp Table

Two days ago, I wrote an article SQL SERVER – How to Create Table Variable and Temporary Table? It was a very basic article for beginners. However, to my surprise, I have got tremendous response to that blog post and also got quite a lot of feedback about the it. Out of all these one feedback which stood out was that I did not include discussion about Global Temporary Table. I agree that when I was writing this blog post I did not think of this, but it is never too late to write about any topic. Let us see in this blog post how to create a global temporary table?

Oct20

SQL SERVER – When to Turn On Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads?

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

Execution Plan, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Today, I have very interesting scenario to share with all of you. This is a true story which I encountered in my recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. It is about a very popular SQL Server setting Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads.

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).

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