SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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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…

Dec4

SQL SERVER – The Basics of the SSIS Data Flow Task – Notes from the Field #057

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field, SQL Backup and Restore, SSIS

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[Note from Pinal]: This is a new episode of Notes from the Field series. SQL Server Integration Service (SSIS) is one of the most key essential part of the entire Business Intelligence (BI) story. It is a platform for data integration and workflow applications. As wikipedia says – It features…

Dec3

SQL SERVER – Beginning with SQL Server Security Aspects

Pinal Dave

SQL

Devart, SQL Server Security

SQL Server Security Aspects

Dec2

SQL SERVER – How to Disable and Enable All Constraint for Table and Database

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Constraint and Keys

One of the most popular questions I find still coming to via email is how to enable or disable all the constraint for single table or database. Well, in this blog post we will not discuss the reasons why do you need them or what are the advantages or disadvantages…

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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