Server Level Encryption
We have a new product coming in that will update their product every quarter by spawning a new set of databases. We also have a requirement to encrypt certain columns in a table etc. We don't do a...
View ArticleTable partitioning in SQL server 2008 R2
Hi,Is table partitioning feature is not available in SQL 2008 R2? (I am using Enterprise edition)here is my sql server info:Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 10.50.1600.1 Microsoft Analysis...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 { An Error occured when attaching database(s) }
Hello Guys!I just installed SQL Server 2008 R2 a couple of days ago, on the first day use i can attach database(.mdf) with out any problem.on the day 2, i keep getting this...
View ArticleSQL Server Database Refresh
Hello ExpertsCan you please explain for me what Database refresh mean in SQL Server and how we can do that? Thank you as usual
View ArticleTEMPDB is FULL and not shrinking the space
Hello, We have Sql 2008 and TEMPDB is FULL, I have restarted the server but it's still showing full.I ma not thinking to run the Shrink command.Could you please explain me the correct steps to follow?...
View ArticleWhere the extra logical reads come from?
My table has a clustered index (date, acctId, saleId) and index level is 4. 1) logical reads 4 for select top 1 * from myTable where date = '2014-03-21' and acctId = 123 2) logical reads 4...
View ArticleCHANGETABLE - records deleted and then inserted
I enabled change tracking on a table with retention period of 30 days. Two days ago some rows were deleted and I can see it in the ChangeTable function. I inserted these deleted records back to the...
View Articlepowershell to get instance name
Hi,Not sure whether this is the forum to ask.I have a list of servers names and i need to get the instance names in below format.SERVERNAME\INSTANCE1The o/p of the script actually shows...
View ArticleCannot connect to sql server after re installing IIS 6?
I re installed IIS 6, after the restart i couldn't connect to sql server engine nor seeing it when using browse for me, i was trying to install team foundation server, at first it could see that i have...
View ArticleDatabase policy violations over email
Hi,I have more than 150 instances in dev environment.Audit team has suggested to not to relay db emails from each server.But i have a terminal server which can send emails over network.How do i...
View ArticleDatabase Space Available is Large
I have been testing the rebuild of many fragmented indexes on my database. The rebuild process went well, but after it finished, I found more than 55% space available in the mdf file. I already took...
View Articlememory utilization by sql server instance
HiWe are using SQL server 2012. I wan to know the average memory utilized by SQL instance?Please suggest.Regards
View ArticleStrange results from sys.partitions system view
There is a strange problem on some of new upgraded sql server 2012 servers,for example:use testDB go select partition_id,object_id,index_id,partition_number,rows from sys.partitions where object_id =...
View ArticleSequential index counter reached maximum value
Could some expert help me understand what exactly is the meaning of - Sequential index counter has reached its maximum(JET error -1078)?How to deal with this condition? What factors can cause to this?
View ArticleEntity Data Model Wizard failed to attach to database
I'm using the Entity Data Model Wizard in Visual Studio Express 2013 to create an EDM on an SQL 2012 Enterprise database that was already created.Went through all the steps (working with Ying Bai's...
View Articlebest way to find data from column when data is large..
hi all, its very urgent in 30min i need pls..I have a column in table with size 1000 characters. If i wan't to find the data in the column,how can i find it easily and ensuring a better...
View ArticleSQL server stack dump error
Team,We are facing regular issues of sql not responding and even DAC is not possible for us in SSMS , when we checked error logs we can see an stack dump error as below, restarting the SQL service...
View ArticleSQL Server Cursor
Hello ExpertsI am new to SQL Server, Can you please explain what cursor mean in SQL Server, why we use it and how do we use it? Can you please be as clear as possible since it is a new concept for me....
View ArticleTwo SQL Server DBAs can't execute the same stored procedure
Hi,On our production SQL server 2012 Enterprise 64bit instance, the other DBA is able to execute a stored proc but I can't with same parameters. The nature proc has more than 1200 lines with lots of...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2: How do I know outside of the SQL Agent job history...
CDC occasionally fails on the cdc cleanup job with errors that look like:[dbo_myTable_CT] where __$start_lsn < @p2 '. The error returned was 1205: 'Transaction (Process ID 79) was deadlocked on lock...
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