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SQL SERVER – Installation Error – [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data...
One of my blog readers sent an email to me asking for assistance. They were trying to patch SQL Server 2005 in the cluster and the setup was failing to patch database services with below error related...
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SQL SERVER – SSMS – Script Out Multiple Objects
Have you ever driven your car out in the direction of your office by mistake when it was supposed to be a day off? Have you ever done things unconsciously because you are getting trained for something...
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Clearing Plan Cache in SQL Database (Azure)
Sometimes when in a testing mode I do like to clear cache within my SQL database (Azure). Nowadays a lot of my test databases are Azure based so how I clear cache is different to how I would do it with...
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Database snapshots for everyone!
If you're lucky enough to have SQL Server 2016, go on and upgrade to SP1....you get extra-lucky special database snapshots in any version! Oh what's that? You don't use snapshots? Well let's see a...
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SQL SERVER – Database Mirroring Login Attempt Failed with Error ‘Connection...
One of my friends was trying to configure database mirroring and was having a hard time in getting things working. The challenge was that he was using certificate for mirroring authentication because...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL Service – Server TCP provider failed to...
While playing with my multiple SQL instances, I realized that I was not able to start one of the SQL instance on my laptop. Here is the error which I received when I tried starting it from Start >...
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SQL SERVER – How to get historical deadlock Information from System Health...
Let me start off by asking a simple question. How many of you have seen this error about historical deadlock information earlier?Msg 1205, Level 13, State 45, Line 4 Transaction (Process ID 52) was...
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#0397 – SQL Server – SSIS – OLE DB Destination – SEQUENCE can be used only...
SSIS OLE DB destination throw an error when inserting data into a SQL Server table where the T-SQL SEQUENCE object is used unless the fast load options are used.
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Monday Coffee 2017-01-09
I’m almost back into the swing of things now after the Xmas break, that holiday feeling has just about left me.For most people, there’s a good break over the Xmas period but most IT workers that I know...
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DB-Engines Ranking
It is very common to compare the databases for marketing or for fun. http://db-engines.com/en/ranking has done the ranking for the database engine.SQL Server has the major gain while Oracle has the...
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SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests
T-SQL Tuesday #86: SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests hosted by Brent Ozar. https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2017/01/announcing-t-sql-tuesday-87-sql-server-bugs-enhancement-requests/ I did not...
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SQL SERVER – TDE Effects on TempDB’s Slow Performance
I am a big supporter of the fact that testing and playing with new features should not be done on production environments. It can prove to be harmful, even after you tried to clean up the system....
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SQL SERVER – Query to Get the List of Logins Having System Admin (sysadmin)...
Though the script sounded simple to me, but I found that there are lots of incorrect scripts available on the internet. Here is the one of the script I found to find out the details of the system...
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I used to shrink my databases!
This is an entry level post and a response to SQLEspresso’s blog challenge(http://sqlespresso.com/2017/01/10/ooops-was-that-was-me-blog-challenge) where we share mistakes from our “younger” days. My...
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SQL SERVER – Why Cluster Network is Unavailable in Failover Cluster Manager?
It’s always a good experience to visit customer sites and talk to people. Sometimes I get to see things outside SQL world as well. There is a lot to learn and I believe that I can do that by sharing...
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SQL SERVER – The Log Scan Number Passed to Log Scan in Database ‘master’ is...
If you have landed on this blog by searching below error, then I must tell you that your SQL Server service is not getting started. Let us learn in this blog how to fix The Log Scan Number Passed to...
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Checking Time Zones in SQL Server
I was building some basic queries around time zone manipulation and I am happy to say that I enjoyed myself as I found a way to get a time based on a geographic region. This new feature is available to...
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SQL SERVER – SSMS Tip – Using Drag and Drop Capability
SQL Server Management Studio is an interesting tool. The more you work, the more you discover tricks from it. It doesn’t come as a surprise to how I get to know something new whenever I talk with...
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How to Query Multiple SQL Server with a Single Query? – Interview Question of...
Question: How to Query Multiple SQL Server with a Single Query?Answer: One of the toughest jobs in the world is being a DBA. Trust me, I have high regards to this job because it might look easy, but it...
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SQL SERVER – Fix – Error 15240, Severity: 16, State: 2 – Cannot write into file
I always keep playing with my virtual machine which has SQL Server installed. Recently I was trying to apply the patch of SQL Server and I was surprised to see that SQL Server was not getting started...
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