SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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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”.

Jun27

MySQL – Fix – Error – Your Password does not Satisfy the Current Policy Requirements

Pinal Dave

SQL

MySQL, SQL Password, SQL Server Security

Just the other day I received an email from a MySQL user who has been struggling to set up his password due to the current policy requirements in MySQL. Let us see how we can identify what is his root cause and how to fix the issue with password security.

Jun26

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 3009, Level 16 – Could not Insert a Backup or Restore History Detail Record in the msdb Database

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Restore, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

As most of my blogs, this blog is also an outcome of an interesting engagement with a client. While trying to help one of my clients to recover from a hardware failure, I learned something about a trace flag. Let us learn about backup or restore history.

Jun25

What is Copy Only Backup in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #128

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Backup, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: What is Copy Only Backup in SQL Server?

Answer: This is another interesting question I received the other day. The question was in the image form and I am re-producing the image again here.

Jun24

SQL SERVER – Error: Timeout (30000 milliseconds) Waiting for the SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) Service to Connect

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Services, Starting SQL

I have been dealing with a client who observed that SQL services not starting up after a server reboot. When I asked them to check event logs, they found below timeout error.

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.

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