Object explorer hangs when we expand Databases tab from SSMS of SQL server...
Hi, We have a SQL Server 2012 standard edition server with build number 11.0.3330.0(*64) on a 64 bit Windows 2008 OS (in Production environment). ---Microsoft SQLServer 2012(SP1)- 11.0.3000.0(X64)Oct...
View ArticleRESTORE DATABASE WITH REPLACE Fails in SQL 2012 (Works in 2005/2008)
I have a commercial application that installs a database instance and restores a database from a .BAK file. I must be able to support SQL 2005/2008 and 2012. The instance of the database is created...
View ArticleSPpolicy_purge_history Jobs in progress for more than 9 hours. How to kill...
Dear All,I open the Job history and found that sppolicy_purge_history job was in progress for more than 9 hours and still its in progress. I stop the job but it still in progress.The step 3 is not able...
View ArticleNot all colums are getting updated with "WITH (ROWLOCK)" is used in a update...
Hi we are using following query in our code ; except DESC1 all other values are getting updatedSTATEMENT : "Update Table1 with (ROWLOCK) set DESC1 = ?, DESC2 = ?, INSTR =?, GRP =? where ID = ? "Can you...
View ArticlePowershell invoke-sqlcmd calls stored procedure second time after Query...
We have a very strange issue. We have noticed that a single stored procedure is executed twice when is called by Powershell invoke-sqlcmd command.When we trace it we can see the procedure starts...
View ArticleSQL Server limits rows added to a table
Hi,I need to append over 50 million rows to a table in a database. Problem is, as soon as it reaches 3.6 million rows, it just stops inserting rows. There is no error raised. We have to manually...
View ArticleHow to migrate extended store procedure 64x DLL from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008 R2 ?
Hi! all,I need to migrate a database with extended store procedures from SQL 2005 64 bit EE to SQL Server 2008 R2 EE, the targuet os is Windows 2008 R2 EE.I went trought the...
View ArticleMount Point drives are not visible in SQL Server cluster?
Mount Point drives are not visible in SQL Server cluster?
View ArticleThe advantage of clustered index on primary key?
From MSDN documentation on primary keys and clustered indexes,PRIMARY KEY constraints create clusteredindexes automatically if no clustered index already exists on the table...
View ArticleDeadlocking analysis help needed..
Today I was approached by a developer whose app was deadlocking during testing. To emulate a user load he invoked a webservice in a loop with each loop having 10 invocations (each with different input...
View ArticleStrong SA password
On running the setup file, I got this message when trying to run msde:"A strong SA password is required for security reasons. Please use SAPWD switch to supply the same. Refer to the readme for more...
View ArticleSQL 2012 filetable fileshare, cannot open Outlook msg file
I have mapped a filetable fileshare to a local drive. I am able to open most file types except an Outlook msg file. I get the standard "Cannot open file T:\etc..etc.msg. The file may not exist, you...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 TempDB ballooning to more than 75 GB
Hi,In one of our database while executing a procedure serving an important business logic, which has 11 joins, then a filtering on a specific column, sorting using order by on a specific column. In the...
View ArticleAWE memory high in RamMAP tool for Windows 64-Bit version?
I am trying to debug memory pressure on SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition running on Windows 2008 Standard 64-Bit. 1. AWE is not enabled.2. SQL Server agent and service accounts are added to "Lock...
View Articlehow to move database with snapshot?
i have a database for which i have created a database snapshot. how can i move the database files (and the snapshot file) to a different disk location? i cannot detach / attach because detach is not...
View ArticleCannot log in to SQL server/database problems
The story goes like this. Our website offers online account applications. The captured, sensitive data is written to a separate database on a secure server (separate from the main DotNetNuke DB). I...
View ArticleHow to estimate the impact (overhead) of Change Tracking over a single Database
Dear All,I'm going to implement the Change Tracking to keep track of changes over a set of Databases.Before going "productive" we'd like to estimate how much I/O and CPU it needs (for a single Database...
View ArticleRemote Procedure call failed in SQL Server Configuration Manager
I have installed SQL Server 2008R2 on my Windows7 laptop successfully. However, when I open the configuration manager, the "SQL Server Services" entry shows an error message saying "The remote...
View ArticleSQL Server crashes on Cluster
In the last two weeks, a problem appeared on my 3 node SQL Server 2012 (SP1 CU2) on Windows 2008 R2 Cluster:The database engine intermittently crashes with the following error message:Faulting...
View ArticleLinked server Issue between sqlserver 2008 R2 and Mas90 server
Hello, I have setup a linked server between SQL Server 2008 R2 and MAS90 server and I am able to select data and see the list of mas90 tables. The issue here is occassionally whenever a new account...
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