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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Dec29

SQL SERVER – MySQL – PostgreSQL – How to Concat Strings?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

As a regular reader, you may know that I now a days work with MySQL and SQL Server both at the same time. Working with two different products have changed quite a few things in how I write code. Here is an example of that – I changed myself about how I CONCAT strings.

Dec28

Developer – 10 Phrases Developer Use Too Often

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Professional Development, SQL Server

If you are working in IT industry, you must encounter software developer around every corner of the office. I am developer myself and pretty much my all friends are developers too. I have created a list of phrases which developer use often. Feel free to add one of yours as a comment as well.

Dec27

MySQL – How to Change Delimiter in MySQL – Supporting GO Keyword of SQL Server in MySQL

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

MySQL

I work with both the technologies – SQL Server and MySQL and I enjoy working with both of them. In industry you will find few people talking about how one technology is better than other but the reality is that both of them have their greater share. Sometimes when I…

Dec26

SQL SERVER – Roundup Post – Notes from the Field – Year 2013 – Performance Tuning and Database Health

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field

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One of the most appreciated and loved the series on SQLAuthority.com is Notes from the Field. I often received how did I come up with the idea behind it. Here is the story for the same. Inceptions of Notes from the Field There are two aspects of any technology…

Dec25

SQL SERVER – Overall SQL Server Performance – Not Just Query Performance – Notes from the Field #008

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field, SQL Backup and Restore

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[Note from Pinal]: This is a new episode of Notes from the Field series. When SQL Server is slow we think we can improve the performance of the server by just increasing the performance of queries. However, sometimes the queries are already doing good and there is no increase in…

Dec24

SQL – A Career in Database Forensics

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Training

A growing field in the information security domain – Database Forensics offers a comprehensive and highly sophisticated skill set that allows professionals to uncover and trace data security breaches of the highest order and complexity. Many enterprises are looking to hire such professionals nowadays.

Dec23

SQL SERVER – Learning More About SQL Wait Stats

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Wait Stats

I was recently visiting my customer for my day job in Delhi. During the meeting, I had a great time to meet a few of the technical domain experts of the leading organization. We discussed lots of different things while we were there and much of the conversation was surrounding…

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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