SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Feb16

MySQL – How to Detect Current Time Zone Name in MySQL

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Tips and Tricks

MySQL, SQL DateTime

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MySQL developers and DBA often face a very simple challenge when they have to retrieve the time zone of the session which they are connected to. If you look at MySQL documentation and search engine there are many different ways to do the same. In this blog post, I will…

Feb15

SQL SERVER – Get Current TimeZone Name in SQL Server

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DateTime

A very common question we developer often encounters is what is the current Timezone of the server where SQL Server is installed. It is very easy to get current Timezone of the server where SQL Server is installed. Here is the simple script for the same. DECLARE @TimeZone VARCHAR(50) EXEC…

Feb14

MySQL – When to Use TIMESTAMP or DATETIME – Difference Between TIMESTAMP or DATETIME

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Tips and Tricks

MySQL, SQL DateTime

This is a one of the most popular question, I often receive when MySQL Developers are creating a database. There are multiple datatypes which can store DateTime datatype in MySQL. The usual confusion comes up between DATETIME and TIMESTAMP. DATETIME and TIMESTAMP – both of them can store datetime data…

Feb13

SQL SERVER – Expanding Your Skills – Notes from the Field #015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field, SQL Backup and Restore

[Note from Pinal]: This is a fifteenth episode of Notes from the Field series. We all want to learn more and progress in our career. It is human nature to look for change and variety after a while. In most of the cases, it is quite easy to move inside…

Feb12

SQL SERVER – SafePeak SQL Server Acceleration Software Gets an Upgrade

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

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SafePeak, the SQL Server application acceleration software, gets a new version upgrade and launches on Amazon Cloud Marketplace. SafePeak’s idea in a nutshell is simple. SafePeak is a query-level automated caching middleware for SQL Server-based operational applications. SafePeak accelerates apps by caching SQL queries while keeping a 100% ACID compliance…

Feb11

SQL SERVER – SysTools SQL Recovery Software – An Experiment to Recover Database Corruption

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Backup, SQL Recover, SQL Server

NOTE: This was my experiment with database corruption. If your database is corrupted, you should contact professionals who do this as their primary job. Always make sure that you do experiments on the copy of your database on your development server, rather than on production server. Let us learn about Recover Database Corruption.

Feb10

SQL SERVER – Migration of SQL Server 2012 Database Mirroring to AlwaysOn Availability Group

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, SQL Server

Migration of SQL Server 2012 Database Mirroring to AlwaysOn Availability group can get a bit tricky if you’re not quite familiar with the workings of SQL Server 2012. This article gives you a better idea about the migration process of database mirroring to AlwaysON Availability group.

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 92 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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