SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Sep27

SQL Authority News – SQL Server 2017 and Automatic Tuning

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Server 2017

Earlier today in Ignite conference, Microsoft announced general availability of SQL Server 2017 on Oct 2. This is fantastic news. Lots of people are waiting for the latest version of SQL Server for a while. The matter of fact, many of my customers are using an earlier version of SQL Server are waiting to upgrade as soon as SQL Server 2017 is available to download. In this blog post I will talk about the feature I have been eagerly waiting to try out – Automatic Tuning.

Sep26

SQL SERVER – Select Unique Data From a Column Exist in Two Different Table

Pinal Dave

SQL Puzzle

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Union clause

If you have not understood what I am going to talk in this blog post by just reading the title, I think you are a normal human like me. Just the other day I received an email from a blog reader with subject line as “Select Unique Data From a Column Exist in Two Different Table”.

Sep25

SQL SERVER – Simple Explanation of AT TIME ZONE Feature

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Recently I received a simple question about AT TIME ZONE feature. This is the new feature which is introduced in SQL Server 2016 and later version of the SQL Server. As this is a relatively new feature the adoption of this feature is also a bit slow. However, let us understand how this function really works in a few simple words.

Sep24

How to Kill User Sessions (SPID) in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #141

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Kill User Sessions (SPID) in SQL Server?

Sep23

SQL SERVER – The Operating System Returned the Error 21(The Device is Not Ready.) While Attempting ‘GetDiskFreeSpace’ on ‘A:\’

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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I always try to keep myself up-to-date with new released of SQL Server. This blog is part of my learning, while using SQL Server 2017, which I always share with my blog readers. This is the error related to Error 21 about a device not ready.

Sep22

SQL SERVER – New DMV in SQL Server 2017 – sys.dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives. A Replacement of xp_fixeddrives

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server 2017, SQL Stored Procedure

Looking at the way SQL has evolved, there are changes coming up in SQL Server 2017 which would help it run on Windows and Linux platforms. Let us learn about dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives.

Sep21

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 5123, Level 16 – CREATE FILE Encountered Operating System Error 5

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, Windows

This blog is about another common error reported by many DBA to me. He faced error related to create file in OS.

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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.

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