Blog Post: SQL SERVER – Unable to bring resource online – Error...
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 ArticleBlog Post: Locking 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 ArticleBlog Post: Power 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 ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – How to Download Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle...
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 conversation....
View ArticleBlog Post: Why 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 ArticleBlog Post: Saturday 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...
View ArticleBlog Post: How to Use OR Condition in CASE WHEN Statement? – Interview...
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...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – CREATE OR ALTER Supported in Service Pack 1 of SQL...
There are many enhancements which were introduced in Service Pack 1 of SQL Server 2016. If you are a developer, then you can easily understand this productivity improvement. Does below code looks...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – CLONEDATABASE: Generate Statistics and Schema Only...
I have been writing about how some of the interesting enhancements made with SQL Server 2016 SP1 have caught my attention. This one is a killer feature that can be of great value when you are trying to...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server Identity Values Check on GitHub
Last year I blogged about a script that Karen López (blog | @datachick) and I wrote together to help you determine if you were running out of identity values. The post SQL Server Identity Values Check...
View ArticleBlog Post: Azure SQL Data Warehouse with Improved Loading and Monitoring in...
Azure SQL Data Warehouse has received some significant changes in the Azure Portal, including Azure Data Factory integration, a new troubleshooting blade, and changes to the query drill-down blade Read...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server – PowerShell Script – Getting Properties and Details
I write and play around a lot with SQL Server Management Studio and I love working with them. Having said that, I also explore the ways people want to run code to achieve certain objectives. In the...
View ArticleBlog Post: That Time We Fixed Prod Without Admin Credentials
Merry Christmas readers! It’s story time. This is about a problem I encountered a few weeks ago. We were looking at a production site using sp_whoisactive and we noticed a lot of blocking on one...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – SqlServerWriter Missing from an Output of VSSadmin...
One of a DBA from my client contacted me for a quick suggestion when I was working with them on a performance tuning exercise. I always ask for some time to explain the exact problem and behavior. As...
View ArticleBlog Post: Point in Time Recovery with SQL Server
Read my latest article on Point in Time Recovery. http://www.sqlshack.com/point-in-time-recovery-with-sql-server http://dbfriend.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
View ArticleBlog Post: What is Memory Grants Pending in SQL Server? – Interview Question...
Question: What is Memory Grants Pending in SQL Server? Answer: Very interesting question and this subject is so long, it will be difficult to cover in a single blog post. I will try to answer this...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – FIX – Error – Msg 4928, Level 16, State 1. Cannot...
One of my Facebook followers sent me an interesting situation, where he faced error related replication or change data capture. Hi Pinal, We have a database in our QA environment which is restored from...
View ArticleBlog Post: How to Find Number of Times Function Called in SQL Server? –...
Question: How to Find Number of Times Function Called in SQL Server? Answer: This is not a real interview question, but it was asked to me during my performance tuning consultancy recently. We were...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER 2016 – Trace Flag 1117 is Discontinued. Use the Options...
While doing performance tuning for one of my clients, I was looking at ERRORLOG files to understand about their system. I saw that trace flag 1117 and 1118 are enabled via startup parameter. 2016-12-05...
View ArticleBlog Post: 16 Things That Didn’t Happen to Me in 2016
It’s that time of year again. The time when we find many “year-2016-in-review”, “what-to-expect-when-you’re-expecting-2017”, and “resolutions-you-will-not-follow-in-2017” articles littered about the...
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