Is it possible to store text data with ISO 8859-2 encoding in SQL Server table?
As far as I know there is no collation that is 100% compatible with ISO 8859-2 or Am I wrong?Our potential client puts this encoding for data storage as a formal requirement.The unique way to solve...
View ArticleIndex and blocking
Hi All,How can indexes reduce blocking ? I have read on interent that using indexes would minimize blocking as well as deadlocks. Can anyone explain briefly?How does it make a difference touching base...
View Articletempdb maxes out
Hi,I have a separate volume for me tempdb database.Sometimes this will fill to the point where space has almost been maxed out.Is there any issue with the drive maxing out(other than there may be a...
View ArticleLinked server issue with SQL 2012 AlwaysOn AG db's.
Hi,I have implemented AlwaysOn AG over multi subnet. With AGListner i am able to connect in SSMS and access the db's. I failedover the AG to other subnet and connected with AGListner and accessed db's....
View ArticleReport Against a System View
I am trying to write a report against the failed mail system views.My UserID on the report server is on the msdb db, and i have added that user to the db_data_reader role in the db. Granted select and...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012: SQL Server Import and Export Wizard-(1) How can I find out...
Hi all,I never used the regular Microsoft SQL Server before. My computer Team just installed the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 in my "Windows 7" PC that is part of our "Windows" network LAN system. I...
View ArticleSQL server 2000 performance issue
While executing the restore command in sqlserver 2000 (windows 2003 server) itself it was taking around 3 hours to complete the restoration.if we connect the same instance in other server, 2008...
View ArticlePartial Restore of primary file group issue.
hi,I have done a partial backup of few file groups that includes primary file group. I started restoring primary file group.. while restoring it on different server, I get an issue as below.What's...
View ArticleWhy there is only one record per page for the second extent?
I did the test using the following script, and I found there was two records per page for the first and third extents , but there was only one record per page for the second extent, Why ? BTW, you...
View ArticleHow performance counte sql server objects are captured in tables in a DB
Hi,During a cleanup activity, i saw huge table which is occupying almost 3/4th of the size of my DB. When i decided to dig in and seethe table is actually storing , i saw lot of tables in that DB which...
View Articleperformance question
Hi All,I have a question on performance tuning approach and where should i start and what should be my approach on below.All of sudden, all of my queries started performing very slow. What can i do...
View ArticleSQL Server performance issue
We have SQL Server 2008R2, and we are having slowness issues. For example SQL query runs fine for the first few times, but after that the same query will be slow. We have checked the SQL Server CPU and...
View ArticleSharePoint config database stuck in recovery mode after disk crash
I was redirected from the SharePoint forum to post my question here. This seemed like the appropriate category.We had a hard disk crash on a raid 5, and the sharepoint configuration database has been...
View Articlehow to find recent files initial size change in sql server 2008
Hi All,how to find recent files initial size change by whon and what time he did the change as weillin sql server 2008.thanks,SAAD.
View ArticleWhat points should I raise to get atleast read only acces of servers?
We have Central SQL Server Maintenance plan server,but management don't want to give us the access of this server.What points should I raise to get atleast read only acces of servers?They are saying we...
View ArticleReceiving an error in the logs - 18059, Severity: 20, State: 1.
Hello, I'm using SQL Server 2008 Sp3Lately I'm having errors in the SQL Logs:Error: 18059, Severity: 20, State: 1. The connection has been dropped because the principal that opened it subsequently...
View ArticleRING_BUFFER_SCHEDULER_MONITOR reporting over 100% ProcessUtilization
I am using RING_BUFFER_SCHEDULER_MONITOR to get cpu history for the server. For some reason on our new intel box (system info below) we are experiencing above 100% (in the xml below it shows 129)...
View ArticleSQL server Agent Job email notifications not being sent
I trying to set up some failure job Email notifications on Sql Server Agent jobs. So, I configured database mail and tested and was able to receive mail through sp_send_dbmail and "Test mail" option...
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