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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Dec20

SQL SERVER – CLONEDATABASE: Generate Statistics and Schema Only Copy of the Database

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

Schema, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server 2016, SQL Statistics

I have been writing about how some of the interesting enhancements made with SQL Server 2016 SP1 have caught my attention. This one is a killer feature that can be of great value when you are trying to do testing. Having said that, I also want to call out that this feature has been added with SQL Server 2014 SP2 too. When you get into performance problems related to the query optimizer, then this capability will be of great advantage. In this blog post we will learn about Generate Statistics and Schema Only Copy of the Database.

Dec19

SQL SERVER – CREATE OR ALTER Supported in Service Pack 1 of SQL Server 2016

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server 2016, SQL Service Pack

There are many enhancements which were introduced in Service Pack 1 of SQL Server 2016. If you are a developer, then you can easily understand this productivity improvement. Does below code looks familiar to you? Let us learn about CREATE OR ALTER Supported in Service Pack 1 of SQL Server 2016.

Dec18

How to Use OR Condition in CASE WHEN Statement? – Interview Question of the Week #102

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Use OR condition in CASE WHEN Statement?

Dec17

SQL SERVER – How to Download Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle (MSDAORA) for 64 bit?

Pinal Dave

SQL

Computer Network, Oracle, SQL Connection, SQL Server, Starting SQL

During my recent conversation about Oracle linked server with one of my client, I learned something new about “Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle”. This blog has highlights of a lengthy conversation.

Dec16

SQL SERVER – Unable to bring resource online – Error DoREPLSharedDataUpgrade : Failed to create working directory

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, Starting SQL

A few days ago I wrote a blog about a cluster related issue where the configuration was not same on both the nodes, which was causing issues. SQL SERVER – Unable to bring resource online. Error – Data source name not found and no default driver specified. Let us learn how to fix error related to Unable to bring resource online.

Dec15

SQL SERVER – Discovery Report – How to Find Information About Installed Features?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Reports, SQL Server, SQL Server Installation

Many times, we need to find information about the various features / version of SQL Server installed on a machine. If you ask a DBA, he can provide you information by looking at services and tell what all are installed. He might run some WMI/T-SQL queries to list the services of SQL Server and their versions. Let us learn about the Discovery Report.

Dec14

SQL SERVER – Performance Analysis of Backup to Azure

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Azure, SQL Backup, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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It is second to human nature to compare when given options. When I wrote about the blog, SQL SERVER – Playing with Backups and Compression, I did compare some of the space savings one will achieve when working with backups and compression. Though the space savings were significant, one of the blog readers wanted to understand how this would be on time? Is it faster or slower to do the same. I went about taking the same script and I collected the time taken. Let us learn about Performance Analysis of Backup to Azure.

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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