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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.

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Essentially I share my business secrets to optimize SQL Server performance.

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MYSQL – Could not Drop Object [Content] (‘Cannot delete or update a parent row: a foreign key constraint fails’, 1217) DROP DATABASE DatabaseName

If you are using MySQL following, you must have faced following error when you want to drop a table or database. This error happens when we try to drop a table or database which has a foreign key constraint associated with another table, schema or database. Could not Drop Object…
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SQL SERVER – Virtualized SQL Server Performance and Storage System – Notes from the Field #013

[Note from Pinal]: This is a new episode of Notes from the Field series. A common comment I often hear from the developers is – “I have virtual environment and I have followed all the tricks and tips which I should apply to SQL Server but still I do not see a performance improvement to my server. I believe virtualization is not a good thing.” The matter of the fact is that we do not know how to tune virtualized server. Regular SQL Server where we have dedicated server and virtualized SQL Server have few different tricks associated with them. Let us learn about Virtualized SQL Server Performance and Storage System.

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SQL SERVER – Monitoring Server at a Glance – A Open Conversation with DBAs

A few days ago I was visiting a large Database Shop and I happened to meet quite a few DBAs there. After my session was over we all went to the company’s cafe for a quick coffee. While having a coffee in the relaxed environment, I shared details about my recent vacation with my family. After sharing a quick story of my vacation, I asked the DBAs around me about their own vacations. To my surprise many of the DBA’s have not taken a holiday for quite a some time. Upon asking why they have not taken holiday the answer was simple (and as expected) – due to the job. Let us read about Monitoring Server.

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