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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Jan9

SQL SERVER – How to get historical deadlock Information from System Health Extended Events?

Pinal Dave

SQL

Deadlock, SQL Error Messages, SQL Extended Events, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Let me start off by asking a simple question. How many of you have seen this error about historical deadlock information earlier?

Jan8

How to Get Random Records from Table? – Interview Question of the Week #105

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Function, SQL Random, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Get Random Records from Table?

Jan7

SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL Service – Server TCP provider failed to listen on [‘any’ 1433]. Tcp port is already in use.

Pinal Dave

SQL

Computer Network, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

While playing with my multiple SQL instances, I realized that I was not able to start one of the SQL instance on my laptop. Here is the error which I received when I tried starting it from Start > Run > Servics.msc . This error is related to TCP provider.

Jan6

SQL SERVER – Database Mirroring Login Attempt Failed with Error ‘Connection Handshake Failed’

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Connection, SQL Mirroring, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

One of my friends was trying to configure database mirroring and was having a hard time in getting things working. The challenge was that he was using certificate for mirroring authentication because machines were workgroup not in domain. He followed one of the blog from Microsoft site but still having problems.

Jan5

SQL SERVER – SSMS – Script Out Multiple Objects

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Have you ever driven your car out in the direction of your office by mistake when it was supposed to be a day off? Have you ever done things unconsciously because you are getting trained for something that is common? This is what I call as human nature and how our brain works. Our brain is a complex organ and it used patterns and preset paths of execution when it is pre-occupied. This is the path of least resistance and it may sometimes not be the best option too. In this blog post we will learn how to script out multiple objects in SQL Server.

Jan4

SQL SERVER – Installation Error – [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Connection, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

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One of my blog readers sent an email to me asking for assistance. They were trying to patch SQL Server 2005 in the cluster and the setup was failing to patch database services with below error related to data source name.

Jan3

SQL SERVER – Fix Error Msg 13603 working with JSON documents

Pinal Dave

SQL

JSON, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Working with new data types is something we need to evolve. In this blog, I have written on a number of articles on JSON which you can take a look at. I wanted to write about some of the interesting errors one will get when using JSON custom paths. This is something I stumbled accidentally when using JSON constructs. Let us see how to fix error 13603 while working with JSON documents.

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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