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Dec11

Hey DBA – Baselines and Performance Monitoring – Why? – Notes from the Field #058

Pinal Dave

SQL

DBA, Notes from the Field, SQL Activity Monitor, SQL Server

In one of the recent communication with Mike, I had asked him a question that what is actually Baselines and Performance Monitoring? How do we define what is normal and what is not normal? Where do we draw lines when we talk about Performance Monitoring? Database expert Mike Walsh decided to help us with the answer of this question.

Dec10

SQL SERVER – Fixing Backup Error – Operating system error 5(Access is denied.) – SQL in Sixty Seconds #077

Pinal Dave

SQL Video

SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Function, SQL Server

This error has to be one of the most famous error. I have installed SQL Server quite a many times, but I keep on getting this error once in a while. This is also one of the most searched error online. I have previously blogged about this but today, I planned to create a small video on the same subject. In this video, I demonstrate how one can resolve the permissions issue with this error. Let us learn about fixing a backup error.

Dec9

SQL SERVER – List the Name of the Months Between Date Ranges

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DateTime

Here is another interesting question, I received the other day. “How to list the name of the months between two date ranges?” Very interesting question. I had no script ready for it so I asked my friend who used to my co-worker earlier and he has sent me the script…

Dec8

SQL SERVER -Fix Error – Cannot open backup device. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.)

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

This has to be the most popular error in taking database backups. There are many reasons for this error and there are different ways to resolve it. I recently faced this error and for a while I was taking backup and found a very interesting solution to the problem. The error was as mentioned below:

Dec7

SQL SERVER – Finding if Current Week is Odd or Even – Script

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DateTime

Here is an interesting question I received from my friend who is working in Bank as a DBA. “Pinal, We have a requirement in bank that every 2nd and 4th week we keep more cash in our bank where as we can keep less cash on other weeks. I want…

Dec6

SQL SERVER – Reverse String Word By Word

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL String

Earlier I wrote a blog post where I have reversed the entire string which was passed to the function. You can read that over here User Defined Functions (UDF) to Reverse String. In that blog post I wrote a function which would reverse an entire string. However, recently I read…

Dec5

SQL SERVER – FIX: Error 5161 – An Unexpected file id was Encountered

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages

Recently I was planning to give a demo about increasing tempdb files and its performance benefit. So while making the demo at home, I was doing multi-tasking. Talking to my daughter, having food and making demo. So, I ran the script and restarted SQL Server service but SQL Service didn’t…

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 104 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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