Change Trial Project Pro Key to Full Version SQL Server 2008
Hi all,I downloadedthetrialversióSQLServer 2008andhave installed.Butnow needto enter aserialclient, howI cando?I downloadedtheISOfrom theweb,withthe license, but when you insert...
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Hi All,Please Let me know which one is better in terms of performance:-1.If I am doing dirty Read many time in one procedure for example:- select column1 from table1 (nolock)where id = 52. Doing dirty...
View ArticleMEMORYCLERK_SQLOPTIMIZER (node n > 0) missing from DBCC MEMORYSTATUS
Last week during an event just like this one:...
View ArticleSQL Server Login Audit
SQL Server 2008 R2 (10.50.1702.0)Changed the security tab from Successful and Failed to Failed OnlyChecked the registry key and this has changed to 2however I am still getting succesful logins in the...
View ArticleWhich Book to prefer?
Hi Folks, I was thinking of diving deep into features like CLR, Database mirroring, Monitoring, HA-DR, performance, profiling, CDC, and other similar (DBA) stuff.Can anyone suggest me a good book which...
View Article[ForumFAQ]How to troubleshoot error "SSPI handshake failed with error code...
Understanding the problem: When connect to SQL Server with Windows authentication, you may receive the following message in the SQL Server error log:SSPI handshake failed with error code 0x80090324,...
View ArticleDisabling Resource Governor via trace flag 8040 is failing
Hi,I am attempting to disable resource governor completely via trace flag 8040 (specified at startup in windows server) for SQL Server 2012 is faling. DBCC TraceStatus (8040) does show status as "1"...
View ArticleSQL query to work out the folder for backups.
Hi All,I am looking for a SQL script that will check the backup history and then inform me of the folders where the backups are written to.I have found that the default backup location cannot be relied...
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sp_prepexec results in different and bad execution plan
Hi,We massively imported 1.5 million rows in a software database table a couple of weeks ago. Since that time, the queries in the search screen perform pourly. I caught those requests and figured out...
View Articlea column in a table has physical file path (I want to get file size of those...
Experts!!I have a table that holds the physical file path of files in one of its columns. It does not give a link, just the physical file path.For example,---- C:\bu\test.pdf and let us say the file...
View ArticleA function to collect FileSize (Given File Path as param)
Experts,Can I have a function that tells the size of a file given the file path as a parameter?example, File path = 'C:\testFolder\hello.txt'so passing this value, can I get the file size? of...
View Articlesql login unable to connect?
Hey guys,I created a SQL Server log in and the log in is not able to connect!!Facts1- SQL Server is in Mixed Mode2- Restarted SQL Server after mixed mode 3- SQL Browser is restarted and fine4- even no...
View ArticleTrace Flag 2551
Did anyone use trace flag 2551 before? It claims a full-filtred memory dump will be generated on fatal errors.Does anyone know how big the dump files are compare to the size of the server memory? I am...
View ArticleSync Framework SqlServer SqlServer
HiThe scenario is a server at the head office of a client which is a centralized database on a database SqlServer 2008 professional version and several peripheral sites where it is delocalized housed...
View ArticleSql DB transaction log and DB backups
Dear All,Is it possible to backup Sql db on a network Drive when performing DB and Log files backup is that log file truncate the log sizeMy sql server got full the size of log is 1 TB what is the best...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 syspolicy_purge_history job causes cross-instance login...
I have unique service accounts set up for multiple instances on the same SQL Server 2012.When step 3 of the inbuilt syspolicy_purge_history job(Erase Phantom System Health Records) runs, it appears to...
View ArticleSQL 2000 SMTP works from outlook, fails from SQL
We have an older SQL2000 server running on Windows 2003 that we can't get rid of yet or upgrade to a newer version of SQL due to legacy software. It will hopefully be gone in the next 12 months or so...
View ArticleSlow performance - please help
Hi Guys,I browsed through some posts and notice you guys really help big time.My isse is the following. 1 year ago we set up a new system (2 dell servers with MD3600i storage running Hyper-V).Our SQL...
View ArticleError: sql server the view contains a converter that is imprecise or...
Hi I am trying to create a index on top of view while creating i am receiving below error..The view contains a convert that is imprecise or non-deterministic.Below is the query CREATE VIEW rec_meta_vw...
View ArticleTEMPDB.mdf out of control 30 GB
Hello,I tried the three methods from http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307487 to decrease the size of the TEMPDB files but they remain at the same size even saying 98% free space...
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