Problem with linked server
having problems creating a linked server...The OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "JADE" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.Cannot initialize the data...
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We have an sql db that when the db starts, the server (windows 2003 sp2) has no network connectivity. When whe stop the services the network comes back. Any clues on this?
View ArticleIs there ever a reason to have a nonclustered index on the primary key...
Greetings,I'm not certain the value. I'm coming into a situation where there appears to be a bit of a mess with the indexes and before I criticize out of ignorance I thought I should take a stab at...
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Partition switches are started to take a long time (over a minute for a...
We are using sql 2008 sp2 enterprise on a 64 bit 48 core (Six-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8439 SE) System Manufacturer: 'HP', System Model: 'ProLiant DL785 G6' with 256GB ram. There is no other...
View ArticleSQL Backup
Is it possible to take full backup in single user mode in sql server 2005 Standard Edition?If Yes what is the restore procedure? Is it necessary to put in single user mode while restoring?
View ArticleModifying Compatibility mode and effect on log-shipping, replication,...
We have a SQL Server 2008 database A hosted on a cluster and is involved in the following:Replication to SQL Server 2008 database B (hosted on a cluster), Distributor is on Server A (same server as...
View ArticleSQLExpress 2005 is very slow without internet connection in the LAN.
Hi!I'm using a SQLExpress 2005 SP3 engine in a Windows Server 2003 SBS R2, this server has to LAN connections, one to an Internet and another to a local LAN. The SQLExpress engine is configured to be...
View ArticleMaintenance Plan authentication issue after AD Migration
We have a Windows 2003 server running SQL Server 2005 that was provided to us pre-configured by our point of sale system provider. We had to move this server manually from an NT4 domain to an Active...
View ArticleStorage drives are crashed how we can up the sql server?
Hi All,Server storage drives are crashed and after that storage team has re created the drives with the same name and after that backup team has restore the previous data to new storage drives now we...
View ArticleDeadlocks mitigated
We have a situation where we had an application that was receiving thousands of deadlocks up until last Monday. They suddenly mitigated. There were no changes to the application server nor the database...
View ArticlePAGEIOLATCH_EX Wait type on insert
Hello All,I am noticing a lot of PAGEIOLATCH_EX wait types whenever there is an insert into a table. I have the clustered index primary key on a GUID. I wanted to know if this was a disk issue and ran...
View ArticleData collection not visible for non admin?
Hi,I setup the data collector on my server.but a non admin user is not able to see the data collection element in the tree menu. and so not able to see the DC reports.what are the minimum permission...
View Articledatabase file size - confused
I have some confusion about the following concepts in a database property: In SSMS, when right click a database, for example Model.1. General tab: Size: 3.75 MB Space availabl: 1.14 MB2. FileS...
View ArticleRecovering 1TB of unallocated space?
Please read the post well. I posted somewhere and most of the posters assumed that the 1TB table is there. It's not. Also, the size of the MDF is 1.75TB, the HDD has 1.83TB used and 65.8GB is free.So...
View ArticleCan reading an FK cause a deadlock?
I'm a newbie on deadlocks, but I have one now!Say you have two tables, myDimension and myFact. There is an N:1 FK from myFact to myDimension.SPID#1 begins a transaction, updates myDimension, and then...
View ArticleQuerying extended Events XML WaitTypes and Duration
I'm querying Xevents XML that I have collected, and there is something that I dont quite understand, my definition is for statements taking more than 100 milliseconds and also get the wait type as...
View ArticleWhat is the benefits of Multiple mdf files and ldf files ?
Hi,Does any benefits for using multiple data files and log files ?Which way it is useful ?.--Thanks-- Bhavesh Thakkar Sr.Database AdministratorMy BlogLinked In Profile
View ArticleIdle connections: problem or not?
SQL Server Version: SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Enterprise 64 bit on Windows 2008 Enterprise Avg Number of Active Connections: 5Avg Idle Connections:350Avg Batch Size/sec: 550I want to know that whether or...
View ArticleCPU utilization of SQL server 2008r2 is high.
Hi All, I'm facing a critical issue in one of production servers.sqlserv.exc is utilizing more CPU(90% to 100%) Windows version:windows server 2007 standard with SP1 processor:Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU...
View ArticleChange Tracking for table which is daily refreshed
We have a table which is refreshed everyday by the following processDownload text file from Remote serverTruncate existing tableInsert data from text file to the tableHere is the sample structure for...
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