Cannot Connect to Remote Named Instance of SQL Server
We have 3x instances of SQL Server 2012 installed on a single remote server - there's the default MSSQLSERVER instance, then \INSTANCE01 and \INSTANCE02. I can remotely connect to the default...
View ArticleWarning: Failure to calculate super-latch promotion threshold. appears in SQL...
We are running SQL Server 2008 R2 and have just applied Service Pack 2 to our QA environment.Today we noticed this message in the SQL Server log: Warning: Failure to calculate super-latch promotion...
View Articlewakslhwn.ldf. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it.
Hello,I am trying to install SQL Server 2008 R2 but I am getting an error:TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Setup ------------------------------ The following error has occurred: Source file not...
View ArticleHow can we rollback alter user statement
Hi All,We have a requirement of changing schemas but it we also need it to revert to the original one.Alter user <user> with default_schema = <newSchema> does the job of changing the...
View ArticleConnecting to SQL 2005 x64 using Management Studio on Windows 2008 x64 is...
I have a SQL 2005 x64 server that is running just fine. I have installed the SQL 2005 Management Studio on Windows 2008 x64 server and can connect to the SQL 2005 x64 server. But it takes almost a...
View ArticleThe OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "MYSQL" supplied invalid...
I had a running openquery as follow in MSSQL SERVER.SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY(MYSQL, 'CALL GASP_sales_tl_performance_summary(''2013-03-01'',''2013-05-01'')')When i Execute this open Query will get an...
View Articlexp_delete_file extremely slow on a server - Wait_Info...
I am looking at one server where xp_delete_file is extremely slow to delete files.One subdirectory contains a few thousands files and it takes about 1 second for each file to delete.The wait_info is...
View Articlepage life expectency
I am looking at the sys.dm_os_performance_counters table and trying to figure out how a int value represents a ratio? For example "buffer cache hit ratio" = 12355. What does this mean?
View ArticleTable Partitioning with sliding window
Hi All,we planning to create partitioning on existing tables. The partitioning is on date column, there should be one partition for each year. Creating of new partitions should be automated, and also...
View ArticleSimple instructions for setting up an alias...
Hello all. After two days of unsucessfully trying to create an alias; I need assistance. This SHOULD be a simple thing to do, but I'm missing something.My environment consists of: A server running...
View ArticleXtended events and clr with data access trace
There is a sql statement which uses a table valued clr function which inside opens another context connection ( using (var connection = new SqlConnection("context connection=true")) ) and using another...
View ArticleIOPS for specific DB
Hi Guys,I would like to measure the IOPS for one specific DB on my MSSQL server. I could not find a profiler setup for it, and after some search I only found solution for measuring the Disk, or the...
View ArticleDM views such as dm_os_performance_counters - how to read the results and...
Anyone got a link they would like to share on how to read and interpret the results of dm_os_performance_countersToday I ran into some performance issues with SQL slowing to a crawl for a few...
View ArticleCould not allocate a new page for database 'XXXX' because of insufficient...
Dear All,I have a SQL Server 2008 (SP1) Database (Size600GB). It has more than 25 Data files and more than 5 LDF Files.My issue is most of the times whenever I tried to created new indexes or...
View ArticleHow to find Hidden Space/Char in SQL Server?
Hi Folks-I want to find out the hidden space or any hidden char using SQL Query? Please help me
View ArticleUnable to connect to SQL named instance using alias name
Hi I have installed Two named instances of SQL Server 2008 Standar Edition X64 SP1 on Windows server 2008 Standard edition X64 with SP2I created two Aliases using Configuration Manager pointing to both...
View ArticleUsing Perfmon from Win7 and connect to 2003 server to view SQL counters?
Maybe Im doing something wrong, but will the version of Perfmon that comes with Win 7 allow me to connect and use perf counters on that machine?I can successfully connect from my Win 7 workstation to a...
View ArticleUsing SQL 2005 DMV to verify effects of fragmented indexes?
I have a db server that I have inherited and sql is running pretty slow it seems for some processes.I ran a query that indicated I have several fragmented indexes and the indexes have not been rebuilt...
View ArticleClustered 2008 Enterprise Install and Mater Key Encryption Problems
I have had a Clustered SQL Server 2008 environment working well for years. For some reason now when it fails over I am receving cannot decrypt errors when my stored procedures run. I have narrowed it...
View ArticleTCP Endpoint Channel Communication Directly Between 2 Servers
Hello,I am not sure of the correct way to ask my question so here is what I was thinking but I am not sure it is possible.I have 2 server 2012 boxes each with SQL 2012 installed. I have created a 2 GB...
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