SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Jul4

SQL SERVER – ALTER Column from INT to BIGINT – Error and Solutions

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Datatype, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Sometime ago I wrote a blog on identity column value jump issue, you can read it from here SQL SERVER – Jump in Identity column after restart! In this blog post we will learn how to resolve the error when we alter column from int to bigint.

Jul3

SQL SERVER – Could Not Load File or Assembly ‘SqlManagerUi, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91’ or One of its Dependencies

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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Recently, one of my clients reported a weird issue to me. They explained that when they right click on the database, and try to read its properties they were getting the following error message. Let us learn about error related to could not load file or assembly.

Jul2

How Default Value and Nullable Column Works? – Interview Question of the Week #129

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL NULL, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How Default Value and Nullable Column works together for a single table?

Jul1

SQL SERVER – MSDB Database Uncontrolled Growth Due to Queue_messages. How to Clear All Messages From a Queue?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Shrinking Database, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, System Database

Received an email “Need your urgent help On Demand, our MSDB Database has grown too big and we need help to check our MSDB.” I have been an independent consultant for a while and one of the services I provide is “On Demand (50 minutes)” service. This service is very helpful for organizations who are in need immediate help with their performance tuning issue. Though, I have set working ours for my regular clients, every single day, I keep two hours available for this particular offering. This way, I can make sure that anyone who urgently needs my help, can avail the same. Click here to read more about it.

Jun30

SQL SERVER – Alternative of Log Shipping in Simple Recovery Model

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Log Shipping, SQL Backup, SQL Recover, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

The blog topic might seem controversial and doesn’t go well with definition of log shipping features. Read it again. The blog has an alternative way to set up something “similar” to log-shipping. If the database is in simple recovery model, then we can’t take transaction log backups and hence no log shipping possible.

Jun29

SQL Server – How to Get Column Names From a Specific Table?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL System Table

Question: How to get column names from a specific table in SQL Server?

Jun28

SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Incorrect Results with Decimal

Pinal Dave

SQL Puzzle

SQL Datatype, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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It has been a while we have seen a puzzle on this blog and I keep on receiving emails and comments that you all would love to see one more puzzle. Let us see a new puzzle “Incorrect Results with Decimal”.

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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