Why won’t my SP work THIS time?
Why won't my SP work? I did this exact thing. You're never too old to do something like this.The post Why won’t my SP work THIS time? appeared first on The MidnightDBA Star-Times.
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Unable to create login AlwaysOn availability group secondary...
One of my clients reported a usual behavior of the AlwaysOn availability group. He informed me that he is trying to add a login on the secondary replica in the AlwaysOn AG environment but it is failing...
View ArticleLinux – How to generate and configure SSH Key authentication to connect to a...
Using SSH keys provide a more secure way of logging into a remote computer when compared to password authentication, and today I will walk you through how we can achieve this in 3 simple steps For this...
View ArticleAnalysis Services and Power BI: Time-travel, Space-warping and Teleportation
As I visit businesses, consulting clients and training classes, to teach data reporting and analytics; there is a recurring conversation. It is one that I have had for eighteen years. The audiences...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Clustered Instance Online Error – SQL Server Network Interfaces:...
While I was playing with SQL Cluster in my lab, I restarted the VMs and found that I was not able to bring SQL Server online. As always I was looking for error message, but there was nothing...
View ArticleMonday Coffee 2016-12-12
Speaking and presentingOne of my biggest fears is public speaking and judging by this article, I’m not alone.However it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do and as such this year I’ve done a few...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Error After Cluster Patching – Error: 5184, Severity: 16, State: 2
During my last consulting engagement, I was pulled by my client to consider an issue which they were facing. They informed that they have applied service pack on one of their clustered environment and...
View ArticleAnnouncing Spotlight Developer v6.5
Spotlight Developer v6.5The key features added in this releaseSQL Server Discovery. Scanning SQL Server instances can very useful especially in large and dynamic environment. The scan engine can be...
View ArticleDon’t blink you might READPAST it
Following on from my previous post on NOLOCK (https://blobeater.blog/2016/12/09/nolock/) I want to talk about another hint called READPAST. This hint tells the database engine not to read rows that are...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Performance Analysis of Backup to Azure
It is second to human nature to compare when given options. When I wrote about the blog, SQL SERVER – Playing with Backups and Compression, I did compare some of the space savings one will achieve when...
View ArticleUsing Non-default Ports for SQL Server
The contentious issue here is the use of a non-default port for SQL Server.The post Using Non-default Ports for SQL Server appeared first on Thomas LaRock.If you liked this post then consider...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Discovery Report – How to Find Information About Installed...
Many times, we need to find information about the various features / version of SQL Server installed on a machine. If you ask a DBA, he can provide you information by looking at services and tell what...
View ArticleCHECKDB and Page Restoring from SSMS
Did you know that you can run DBCC CHECKDB (WITH PHYSICAL_ONLY) and issue page restores from SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio). I never, and I probably will never because I rather use TSQL – however...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Unable to bring resource online – Error DoREPLSharedDataUpgrade...
A few days ago I wrote a blog about a cluster related issue where the configuration was not same on both the nodes, which was causing issues. SQL SERVER – Unable to bring resource online. Error – Data...
View ArticleLocking Resources in Azure
I look at locking resources within Azure as a safety mechanism where it can protect users from accidental deletion, it can get quite confusing within the portal if for example you have close to 100...
View ArticlePower BI on-Premises Production Targeted for Mid 2017
NEWS FLASH: Power BI reports can be deployed to SQL Server Reporting Services web portal. The production-ready release is targeted for mid 2017. This is much sooner than most folks in the community...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – How to Download Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle (MSDAORA)...
During my recent conversation about Oracle linked server with one of my client, I learned something new about “Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle”. This blog has highlights of a lengthy...
View ArticleWhy I am called BlobEater
It’s coming towards the holiday season for me and I thought that I would wind-down a little with a non-technical post. I have been asked a few times over the past month where I got my online name from...
View ArticleSaturday Reading 2016-12-17
It was my office Xmas party last night so whilst recovering on my settee, I’ll be reading:-The Most Important Role of a SQL Server DBA Back to basics, Angela Tidwell talks about what the most important...
View ArticleHow to Use OR Condition in CASE WHEN Statement? – Interview Question of the...
Question: How to Use OR condition in CASE WHEN Statement?Answer: I personally do not like this kind of questions where user is tested on their understanding of the tricky words rather than SQL Server...
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