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.

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Mar3

SQL SERVER – Add Failover Cluster Node Fails With Error – This SQL Server Edition Does Not Support the Installed Number of Cluster Nodes

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster

In this blog post we will discover how to fix an Add Failover Cluster Node Fails With Error. If you have installed SQL Server cluster, then it would be easy for you to remember that it’s a two-step process.

InstallFailoverCluster
AddNode

Mar2

SQL SERVER – Unable to See Tables (Objects) in SSMS

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Once I was thrown into an interesting situation where a client told me that he can see the data from the table but not the table. I asked him to elaborate more and he sent me below screenshots where he was unable to see the table in SSMS.

Mar1

SQL SERVER – How to Protect Database from DBA and Hide Database Schema

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Server, SQL Server Encryption

There is a growing demand for database encryption nowadays and large companies offer alternative solutions for Microsoft TDE. But what if you want to protect the database from local Administrator?

Feb28

SQL SERVER – Troubleshooting: When Database Creation Takes Long Time

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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This might not be an issue which would be faced by SQL DBAs regularly because databases are generally already created. There might be few DBAs out there who take care of deployment as well. So, if you are having an issue with slow database creation, then you have found the right blog to try some troubleshooting.

Feb27

SQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan failing with 0x80131904 – A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server.

Pinal Dave

SQL

Computer Network, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

One of my clients contacted me and informed that after patching of SQL Server, they noticed that their maintenance plan were failing. I asked them to share the complete error message about the Maintenance Plan failing with 0x80131904.

Feb26

How to do Pagination in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #111

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Paging, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to do Pagination in SQL Server?

Feb25

SQL SERVER – Event ID 26 – Your SQL Server Installation is Either Corrupt or has Been Tampered With (Error Getting Instance Name)

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Installation

While trying to start SQL Service for a named instance, I got an error message related to event id 26 – Your SQL Server Installation is Either Corrupt or has Been Tampered With (Error Getting Instance Name).

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 94 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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