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.

Once you learn my business secrets, you will fix the majority of problems in the future.

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Jan23

SQL SERVER – Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed – There is already an object named ‘DatabaseMailUserRole’ in the database

Pinal Dave

SQL

Database Mail, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, Starting SQL

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SQL Server troubleshooting topics seem to be the most searched for in this blog. In continuation to this, blog for today is also inspired with one such error message. Some time back I have written below blog which talks about the upgrade script mode of SQL Server: SQL SERVER – Login Failed For User – Reason Server is in Script Upgrade Mode

Jan22

When was Database Last Backed Up in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #107

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Backup, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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Question: When was Database Last Backed Up in SQL Server?

Jan21

SQL SERVER – Generate Live Currency Exchange Rates using dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server

When you test an application that implements billing features, meaningful test data is extremely important. This article teaches how to quickly obtain and populate your database with live currency exchange rates in a few simple steps. Let us learn about Generate Live Currency Exchange Rates.

Jan20

SQL SERVER – Beautify SQL Code with dbForge SQL Complete

Pinal Dave

SQL

Devart

Often when you write a large piece of SQL code, it eventually becomes a bit disorganized, or when a big team of developers is working on one project, the code differs between individual developers, the code formatting throughout the project gets inconsistent and hard to read. Let us learn about how to Beautify SQL Code with dbForge SQL Complete.

Jan19

SQL SERVER – Understanding JSON Use is Case-Sensitive

Pinal Dave

SQL

JSON, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String

The things I get to learn from my daughter is amazing. I think all of us need to constantly explore without any prejudice and set biases. Whenever I get a new toy for some occasion, I see there is at least a half hour of exploration to understand how the toy works and she goes into a whole new world of searching new ways to play. This makes the whole experience worth it. Let us learn about JSON.

Jan18

SQL SERVER – AlwaysOn AG (Availability Group) and TDE Error – Please Create a Master Key

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Encryption

Along with performance consulting, sometimes I also get requests from a few clients to look at the AlwaysOn availability group related problems.

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.

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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