Blog Post: Setting up SQL Server to SQL Database (Azure) Replication
I had a need to setup transactional replication from my SQL Server to SQL Database (Azure) where I only needed a selection of tables that I wanted to off-load to Azure. For this post I will be going...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Slammer Is Back. Here’s What You Need to Know
First reported back in 2002, the SQL Slammer virus caught fire in January of 2003, and spread worldwide. The post SQL Slammer Is Back. Here’s What You Need to Know appeared first on Thomas LaRock . If...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server vNext: sys.dm_db_stats_histogram
Since installing SQL Server vNext CTP 1.3 I found out that there is a new way to return statistics histogram for a specific stat which actually is also available with the latest Cumulative Update for...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Error 17113, Severity: 16 – Error Occurred While...
While playing with my SQL Server startup parameter, I made some mistakes and came to a situation where SQL Server was not getting started. In this blog post, let us learn about error 17113. Whenever...
View ArticleBlog Post: Quick Tips:- Add SQL User/Rolemember to all Databases in SQL Server
Most of times when you have dedicated SQL Server for an Application clients come up with a request to add a user to all databases in the SQL Server with certain permission, while its east to do it via...
View ArticleBlog Post: SSMS Presenter Mode
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) release candidate 17.0 RC2 works side-by-side with generally available releases (16.x), but it is not recommended for production use. There are many enhancements...
View ArticleBlog Post: A Program to Find INSERT Statements That Don’t Specify Columns
Unlike mathematical relations, SQL tables have ordered columns, but please don’t depend on it. In other words, try to treat these tables as the same because it’s super-awkward to turn one into the...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Improve Application Performance on Cloud While...
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...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Fix: Error: 1934, Level 16, INSERT or UPDATE Failed...
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...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Event ID 26 – Your SQL Server Installation is Either...
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...
View ArticleBlog Post: Temporary Post Used For Theme Detection...
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View ArticleBlog Post: #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.
View ArticleBlog Post: 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...
View ArticleBlog Post: 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...
View ArticleBlog Post: 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...
View ArticleBlog Post: 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...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Add Failover Cluster Node Fails With Error – This SQL...
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...
View ArticleBlog Post: 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...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan failing with 0x80131904 – A...
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...
View ArticleBlog Post: 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...
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