MVP Open Day South Asia at Microsoft IDC Hyderabad was fun and educational. I met fellow MVPs and product group experts, and my family came along too.
SQL Server emergency? Email pinal@sqlauthority.com with URGENT in the subject line.
SQLAuthority News – MVP Open Day South Asia – Jan 20, 2010 – Jan 23, 2010 – Review Part Business
MVP Open Day South Asia 2010 at Microsoft IDC Hyderabad was fun and educational: meeting product team members, old friends and experts from across the region.
SQL SERVER – Question – How to Convert Hex to Decimal
An inline function converting Hex to Decimal was slowing a client query. I tuned it, and now I ask readers to share the scripts they use for this.
SQL SERVER – Location of Resource Database in SQL Server Editions
The Resource database contains SQL Server system objects. I use version-specific guidance to locate its files and plan recovery.
SQL SERVER – Several Readers Questions and Readers Answers
A collection of readers questions from this blog, with answers from other readers, like how to script table rows as INSERT statements and track changes.
SQLAuthority News – Leadership Quotes and Inspiration
Leadership is not the same as management. The quotes I shared in a recent leadership talk, from Nelson Mandela, Peter Drucker and others, which the team loved.
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Who We Are
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 19 books and 125 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 also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).
Nupur Dave is a social media enthusiast and an independent consultant. She primarily focuses on the database domain, helping clients build short and long-term multi-channel campaigns to drive leads for their sales pipeline.
Shaivi Pinalkumar Dave is a book author and a women’s artistic gymnast.

