SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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.

Once you learn my business secrets, you will fix the majority of problems in the future.

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Jan12

MySQL – Change the Limit of Row Retrieved in MySQL Workbench

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Tips and Tricks

MySQL, SQL Server

MySQL Workbench is default IDE for MySQL. It can be installed on Windows, Linux or Mac OSX. Here is the one question which new users of MySQL Workbench often ask –

“When I execute my SQL Query from my application, it retrieves correct numbers of the row, but when I execute the same query in MySQL Workbench it retrieves only 1000 records. What is the reason behind it?”

Jan11

SQL SERVER – Create Unique Constraint on Table Column on Existing Table

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Constraint and Keys

Here is the question I received on twitter. “Can we create a unique constraint on table column on Existing Table?” Of course Yes! Here is how you can create a unique constraint on the table which already exist in our system. USE tempdb GO -- Create Table CREATE TABLE Table1…

Jan10

MySQL – Learn MySQL Online – 8 MySQL Courses at Pluralsight

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

MySQL, Pluralsight

At the beginning of the year 2013, I had decided to widen my focus with related to database. I have been writing a lot about SQL Server throughout this day, but the reality is that I have been equally focused on MySQL as well. A few years ago, MySQL was…

Jan9

SQL SERVER – Auditors, Passwords and Exceptions – Notes from the Field #010

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Server Security

[Note from Pinal]: This is a 10th episode of Notes from the Field series. Every other day, I read online about various security breach happening worldwide – some have lost passwords, some have lost phone numbers and some have lost credit card information. Security is the most important aspect of…

Jan8

SQL SERVER – How to Survive on Free Tools for Month – Enjoy Refactoring – ApexSQL Refactor

Pinal Dave

SQL

ApexSQL

ApexSQL Refactor is a free SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio add-in for database refactoring and SQL code formatting. ApexSQL Refactor has 11 databases and SQL code refactors including:

Jan7

MySQL – Locate the Configuration File – my.ini or my.cnf on Windows Platform

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Tips and Tricks

MySQL

Since the release of my MySQL course on Performance Tuning and Optimization, I have received quite a few questions on MySQL. The top most questions which I have received is how to find my.ini or my.cnf file on Windows Platform. This is a fantastic question and I can understand the…

Jan6

SQL SERVER – Start Services or Stop Services with PowerShell – Answer to Question

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Powershell, SQL Server Services

You can check out the original post here: SQL SERVER – Start Services or Stop Services with PowerShell – Question to Readers?.

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.

Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).

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