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SQL SERVER – Improve Application Performance on Cloud While Reducing...
It is very common for people to move databases now a days to the cloud. The very first question I often hear from them is – How to Improve Application Performance on Cloud While Reducing Bandwidth...
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SQL SERVER – Fix: Error: 1934, Level 16, INSERT or UPDATE Failed Because the...
A very old client of mine yesterday pinged me with this question about error related to QUOTED_IDENTIFIER.“Pinal,When I run my query it works just fine in SSMS but when I run it via SQL Server Agent...
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SQL SERVER – Event ID 26 – Your SQL Server Installation is Either Corrupt or...
While trying to start SQL Service for a named instance, I got an error message related to event id 26 – Your SQL Server Installation is Either Corrupt or has Been Tampered With (Error Getting Instance...
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SQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan failing with 0x80131904 – A network-related or...
One of my clients contacted me and informed that after patching of SQL Server, they noticed that their maintenance plan were failing. I asked them to share the complete error message about the...
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#0400 – SQL Server – SSIS – Using the SQL Server Destination
When inserting bulk data, the SQL Server destination may often prove to be a better option as compared to the OLE DB destination.
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Monday Coffee 2017-02-27
Ergh, not a fun weekend rugby wise. But anyway…Last week Microsoft released an image for SQL Server 2016 SP1 Developer Edition in containers. Previously the only edition available was vNext Enterprise...
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SQL SERVER – Troubleshooting: When Database Creation Takes Long Time
This might not be an issue which would be faced by SQL DBAs regularly because databases are generally already created. There might be few DBAs out there who take care of deployment as well. So, if you...
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SQL Server Target vs Total Memory
For this blog post I want to discuss the meaning behind SQL Server: Memory Manager\Target Server Memory (KB) and SQL Server: Memory Manager \Total memory (KB) Perfmon counters. I will mention how...
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Azure Data Factory and SSIS compared
I see a lot of confusion when it comes to Azure Data Factory (ADF) and how it compares to SSIS. It is not simply “SSIS in the cloud”. See What is Azure Data Factory? for an overview of ADF, and I’ll...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to See Tables (Objects) in SSMS
Once I was thrown into an interesting situation where a client told me that he can see the data from the table but not the table. I asked him to elaborate more and he sent me below screenshots where he...
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Power BI Hands-On Workshops in April, 2017
During the month of April, I will be delivering three full-day Power BI hands-On workshops. Each of these events will be the Friday preceding these SQL Saturday events. Seating is limited and many of...
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Tempdb settings in SQL Server 2016
A nice little error log feature that I noticed in SQL Server 2016 regarding tempdb. Tempdb, a system database in SQL Server, some call it the “public toilet” but honestly it is where temporary user...
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SqlPackage Deploy Performance - IgnoreXX are not your friend!
Following on from yesterdays blog I was wondering about the comparison of objects that were the same and how the IgnoreWhitespace, IgnoreComments, IgnoreKeywordCasing and...
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ScriptDom parsing and NoViableAltExceptions
If you have ever tried to debug a program that used the TSql Script Dom to parse some T-SQL you will know that the process is extremely slow and this is due to the volume of NoViableAltExceptions (and...
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HOW TO: Solve General SQL Server Connectivity Issues
Recently, Microsoft published a page for solving general SQL Server connectivity issues. This page is perfect for you or anyone you know that has suffered from one of the following error messages in...
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SQL SERVER – Add Failover Cluster Node Fails With Error – This SQL Server...
In this blog post we will discover how to fix an Add Failover Cluster Node Fails With Error. If you have installed SQL Server cluster, then it would be easy for you to remember that it’s a two-step...
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Blog Challenge: I am watching you!
I decided to accept Grant’s (TheScaryDBA) challenge found here- http://www.scarydba.com/2017/03/02/random-blog-post-challenge/ where we have to write a technical blog post that incorporates a certain...
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SQL SERVER – How to Apply Patch in AlwaysOn Availability Group Configuration?
This is one of the common question which is asked via emails to me. “How to apply the patch in AlwaysOn Availability Group configuration?” OR “What are the steps we should do and things to take care...
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Why to Use SQL Server Configuration Manager Over Services applet...
Question: Why to Use SQL Server Configuration Manager Over Services applet (services.msc)?Answer: You might have heard this advice many times but never got a complete answer to “Why”? Most of the blog...
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