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.

Have you ever opened any PowerPoint deck when you face SQL Server Performance Tuning emergencies? SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop is my MOST popular training with no PowerPoint presentations and 100% practical demonstrations.

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

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For SQL Server Emergency Help, you can reach out to me at pinal@sqlauthority.com with words URGENT in the email subject line for other services mention “Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check“.

Nov11

SQL SERVER – Delete Backup History – Cleanup Backup History

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Best Practices, Database, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

SQL Server stores history of all the taken backup forever. History of all the backup is stored in msdb database. Many times older history is no more required. Following Stored Procedure can be executed with parameter which takes days of history to keep. In following example 30 is passed to…

Nov10

SQL SERVER – Check Database Integrity for All Databases of Server – DBCC CHECKDB

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Best Practices, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

Today we will see quick script which will check integrity of all the databases of SQL Server. We will learn about DBCC CHECKDB in this blog post.

Nov9

SQLAuthority News – SQL Server 2008 Book Online Updated in October 2008

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

SQL Download

SQL Server 2008 Books Online is updated on 31 October 2008. I always bookmark latest BOL for my easy reference. Getting Started: New and Updated Topics (31 October 2008) Analysis Services – Multidimensional Data: New and Updated Topics (31 October 2008) Database Engine: New and Updated Topics (31 October 2008)…

Nov8

SQL SERVER 2008 – Connect Visual Studio 2005 Patch Download

Pinal Dave

SQLAuthority News

SQL Download, SQL Server

It was not possible to connect SQL Server 2008 to Visual Studio 2005 so far. Microsoft has released Service Pack once it is installed SQL Server 2008.

Nov7

SQL SERVER – Refresh Database Using T-SQL

Pinal Dave

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

SQL Scripts, SQL Server DBCC, SQL Stored Procedure

Yesterday I received following questions on blog. Ashish Agarwal asked following question. Hi Pinal, Can we refresh a database (like we do by right clicking database node in object explorer and clicking on refresh) thru SQL Query? If yes, can you please tell me the query? Thanks, Ashish Agarwal Answer…

Nov6

SQLAuthority News – 5 Millions Visitors – 2 Anniversary – Authors Note on Economy Slow Down and Job Opportunity – SQL Server

Pinal Dave

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

Best Practices, Database, DBA, MVP

I just received the following screen shot from one of the regular readers of the SQLAuthority.com blog. He pointed out important milestone for our blog. We have crossed 5 million visitors. In less than 2 years SQLAuthority.com blog has been visited by 5 million visitors. I even missed the anniversary our blog. On November 1st, 2008 SQLAuthority.com has completed 2 years of its existence and now continuing in 3rd year.

Nov5

SQL SERVER – Clear Drop Down List of Recent Connection From SQL Server Management Studio

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Best Practices, Database, DBA, SQL Scripts, Vista

Quite often it happens that SQL Server Management Studio’s Dropdown box is cluttered with many different SQL Server’s name. Sometime it contains the name of the server which does not exist or developer does not have access to it. It is very easy to clean the list and start over.…

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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