SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Jan17

SQL SERVER – Unable to Apply Security Patch – The setup has encountered an unexpected error in datastore

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Security, SQL Setup

One of my clients reported that he is trying to apply security patch for SQL Server clustered instance and it was failing. Since this is SQL 2005 instance, there is no official support available from Microsoft at this point. So, they contacted me. I asked to share setup logs and found a very interesting note.

Jan16

SQL SERVER – Fix – Error 15240, Severity: 16, State: 2 – Cannot write into file

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

I always keep playing with my virtual machine which has SQL Server installed. Recently I was trying to apply the patch of SQL Server and I was surprised to see that SQL Server was not getting started after patching. The error was Error 15240 it cannot write into file.

Jan15

How to Query Multiple SQL Server with a Single Query? – Interview Question of the Week #106

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Question: How to Query Multiple SQL Server with a Single Query?

Jan14

SQL SERVER – SSMS Tip – Using Drag and Drop Capability

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

SQL Server Management Studio is an interesting tool. The more you work, the more you discover tricks from it. It doesn’t come as a surprise to how I get to know something new whenever I talk with someone. People have figured out new ways to work with SSMS. In this blog, let me talk about something interesting that has been with SSMS for ages but lesser known. Let us see today a time about SSMS related to Drag and Drop Capability.

Jan13

SQL SERVER – The Log Scan Number Passed to Log Scan in Database ‘master’ is not Valid

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Connection, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, Starting SQL, System Database

Let us learn in this blog how to fix The Log Scan Number Passed to Log Scan in Database ‘master’ is not Valid. Let us learn in this blog post.

Jan12

SQL SERVER – Why Cluster Network is Unavailable in Failover Cluster Manager?

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster

It’s always a good experience to visit customer sites and talk to people. Sometimes I get to see things outside SQL world as well. There is a lot to learn and I believe that I can do that by sharing what I learned. In this blog post we will discuss Why Cluster Network is Unavailable in Failover Cluster Manager?

Jan11

SQL SERVER – Query to Get the List of Logins Having System Admin (sysadmin) Permission

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

Though the script sounded simple to me, but I found that there are lots of incorrect scripts available on the internet. Here is the one of the script I found to find out the details of the system admin.

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 88 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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