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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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.

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.

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).

Nupur Dave is a social media enthusiast and an independent consultant. She primarily focuses on the database domain, helping clients build short and long-term multi-channel campaigns to drive leads for their sales pipeline.