SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1, installation fails.
Hi !! I have a small issue with the SP1 for SQLServer 2012, whan applying the Service Pack everything works, but when you restart your SQL Server Servie, it will not start, the restart is so that the...
View ArticlePackets sent/received hourly difference
Hi,We are logging packets sent /received per hour on our production sql server. What does it mean if at certain hour we have much more packets sent than received?Thanks
View ArticleError 3621 Transaction is rolled back when accessing version store
Transaction is rolled back when accessing version store. It was earlier marked as victim when the version store was shrunk due to insufficient space in tempdb. This transaction was marked as a victim...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 Fragmentation stats not updating after Reindex
SQL Server 2008 SP3Thanks for reviewing my question.I do periodic reindexing (not reorganizing) and sometimes I will go in and review some tables and indexes for performance issues while doing some...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 syspolicy_purge_history fails step 3 "Erase Phantom System...
I recently installed SQL Server 2012 Ent (x64). The install is a stand alone default instance.The syspolicy_purge_history job fails on step three with the following error:Executed as user:...
View ArticleDeleting log file
Hi All,We need to do a DB deployment on Production server, but that will take a space of about 200 GB, we have T-log Log1 at D drive. but we do not have enough space. hence we are planning to add a new...
View ArticleUpdate to linked server AS/400 runs forever
Hi, I have a linked server to a AS/400 mainframe. SELECT queries run fine and are fast. But the update runs forever and I can't even kill the process. I tried the following: UPDATE...
View ArticleSQL Server Memory Problem
Hi,I had come across an issue recently where the SQL server 2008 instance stopped accepting any connections and became unresponsive. I had to restart the SQL server to bring it back.The bellow error is...
View ArticleSQL Disk Dependency problem on SQL 2008 cluster including errors
Hi All,I have a SQL 2008 cluster running with 2 nodes, and what I have recently noticed is that a snapshot creation code has been failing. I checked the cluster dependency property on the SQL...
View ArticlePerformance of different INSERT styles
Hi all,What is difference between these two styles of TSQL code:WHILE 1...to...1000BEGININSERT ... VALUES(...)END----------------------BEGIN TRANWHILE 1...to...1000BEGININSERT ... VALUES(...)ENDCOMMIT...
View ArticleDB Maintenance Plan - Optimization
The following is the DB Maintenance Plan and the configurations provided the production environment:Reorganize data and index page (selected)Change free space per page percentage to: 10% Remove unused...
View ArticleStack Dump every time reboot server; 100% CPU consistant; SQL Server 2008 SP1
Dump files show various SQL stmts at time of Stack Dump. Different one each time boot server. Sometimes get error messages about failed to open, but not consistent. EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION seems...
View ArticleIn which system table is the actual audit file Name stored
During SQL Audit, Multiple Audit Files can be created if we define a limit on the size of the file.These Files have a particular format which I can obtain from querying the tableSELECT * FROM...
View Articlesql server 2008 r2 evaluation
Hi,When i Insatll sql server 2008 r2 evaluation trial version then it gives service account error. I have window7 home premium.Can i Insall this version.If not then which version i Install.Please reply...
View ArticleHow to use GROUP BY in SQL Server 2008R2
Hello,I am using SQL Server 2008R2.I would like to get the records which has MAX date GROUP BY "ProjectName". The query that i am using now is,select [ProjectName],MAX([Month]) from...
View ArticleODBC32 connection fails to authenticate on SQL Server
I ran into a weird error message yesterday when trying to connect a workstation ODBC32 to the SQL Server using Native client 10. See message below. I can't tell if I am facing NAT/firewall issues or...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 - Subscription Running Twice
Hi All,We are running SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 and I have a problem with a subscription which is randomly running twice. Usually around 20 seconds after the first run. There is only a single SQL Agent...
View ArticleBACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup.
Hi Guys,My database backup has recently started failing with a "BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup." error message. Initially I thought this was a simple fix,...
View ArticleSSMS 2005 - How to disable Intellisense if SQL isn't an installed language...
Hi, allRunning SSMS 2005 at present. I'm a touch-typist, and don't use Intellisense/"Auto List Members" in any of my development tools. Things like Visual Studio I can disable the choice by language....
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