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.

An Index Reduces Performance of SELECT Queries (Video)
3 Common Mistakes to Kill SQL Server Performance (Video)
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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“.

Sep9

Everyone Expected AI to Come From the Big Companies

Pinal Dave

GenAI

Professional Development

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Everyone expected AI to come from the big companies. They had the money, the data, the researchers and a twenty year head start. The research came out of those labs. The products did not, and the reason has very little to do with talent or budget.

Sep8

UPDATE Without WHERE Clause: The Day Everyone Got a Raise

Pinal Dave

SQL Video

SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server, SQL Transactions

An UPDATE without WHERE clause changed 8,432 salaries. When ROLLBACK can help, and how to check the affected row count before COMMIT.

Sep7

Ten AI Phrases We Use Too Often

In 2013 I wrote a small list of phrases developers used too often. Twelve years later, the phrases have changed and the wincing has not. Here are ten I hear every week, and what each one usually means.

Sep4

NOLOCK: Why It Counts Some Rows Twice and Misses Others

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

NOLOCK, SQL Index

NOLOCK is not a safe performance fix, it is a decision to reduce blocking by accepting an answer that may never have been true. The whole problem is that nobody who types it thinks they are making that trade.

Sep3

Tech Conferences: Five Questions About the Money

I said tech conferences are worth every hour and the sessions are not. Nobody argued about the sessions. They wrote about money instead, and five questions arrived.

Sep2

Finding the Root Cause of Slow Queries

Finding the root cause of slow queries starts by separating work from waits, then testing theories against plans and history.

Sep1

Emoji Are Obsolete

Emoji are obsolete. There, I have written it. I do not entirely believe it.

A few days ago I wrote to a client: “We need to talk about the index strategy.”

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 18 SQL Server database books and 118 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://darkslategrey-bat-805937.hostingersite.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).

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.