SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Apr22

The Tale of the Cunning Dev, Encrypted Procedures, DAC and God Mode = ON – Experts Opinion

Pinal Dave

SQL

Devart

A few weeks ago, I was puzzling out the logic of a free tool. The thing with the author of the tool turned out to be almost a detective story: he happened to be a developer living in South America. Certainly, the practical effect was not in his biography, but in queries, which his app was sent to the server. Let us see a story of Encrypted Procedures.

Apr21

SQL SERVER 2016 – Enhancements with AlwaysOn Availability Groups – Notes from the Field #121

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

AlwaysOn, Notes from the Field, SQL Server 2016

[Note from Pinal]: In this episode of the Notes from the Field series database expert Mike Lawell talks about his thoughts and observation about SQL Server 2016 and enhancements with AlwaysOn Availability Groups. When AlwaysOn was newly introduced, I was not able to catch up with the feature. I just thought it was just one of the subject which will not be developed by Microsoft, however, as the new versions of the SQL Server are now taking this feature to the next level, I am very delighted that I should have not worried at all. Let us see what Mike says in his own words about Enhancements with AlwaysOn Availability Groups.

Apr20

Team Database Development and Version Control with SQL Source Control

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Server

Team database development is hard. It throws up questions about who’s responsible for code, how to track changes, and how to share them. For application development, teams can overcome these problems with version control. Databases are different.

Apr19

MySQL – LEAST and GREATEST Comparison Operators

Pinal Dave

SQL

MySQL, SQL Function, SQL Operator, SQL Scripts

The biggest challenge which we often face as a database person is to compare the value across multiple columns. Trust me, if there were no comparison operators, we would have never got this task done. MySQL supports many comparison operators like BETWEEN, IN, etc. LEAST and GREATEST is very handy if you want to compare values across many columns.

Apr18

SQL SERVER – Unable to Open Maintenance Plan in Management Studio

Pinal Dave

SQL

Maintenance Plan, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

The most queried topics in this blog have been around troubleshooting or which solve specific error messages. I always feel when I see something new as messages, I try to check if this is available here using the search page. If these are not there, then I go about documenting what were the steps I took to actually solve the given problem. Once I successfully solve the problem about Unable to Open Maintenance Plan in Management Studio. I go about documenting the same back into as a blog post so that I will be able to find the same in future reference.

Apr17

SELECT One by Two – Why Does SELECT 1/2 Returns 0 – Interview Question of the Week #067

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Datatype, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Just like a week, during a user group meeting I was told to ask questions about why the SELECT 1 /2 gives a different answer then one user is expected. Let us see this question in detail about SELECT One by Two as it can be a great learning for many new beginners.

Apr16

SQL SERVER – Identifying Page Types

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, TraceFlags

I try to keep the understanding and concepts for learning simple. Because for a strong building one needs to have a solid foundation. The structure’s stability is a function of how well the foundation holds them. Just having a beautiful exterior will not be sufficient. So getting into complex design issues or internals sometimes is not of any use if you didn’t get the basics right. Let us learn about Identifying Page Types in SQL.

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.

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