How can I check what all SQL server features and version are installed on my Machine ?

It’s a frequently asked question. You need to study your environment, need to login each instance to check version & other details, to answer this question.

Till SQL Server 2005, you have no… Read more

The 5th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 5 contains all the hotfixes released since the initial release of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2.

Those who are facing severe issues with their environment,… Read more

The 6thcumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 is now available. Cumulative Update 6 contains all the hotfixes released since the initial release of SQL Server 2012.

Those who are facing severe issues with their environment, they can plan to test CU6 in test environment & then move to Production… Read more

The 11thcumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 11 contains all the hotfixes released since the initial release of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1.

Those who are facing severe issues with their environment, they… Read more

Issue :-

One of our Database with Full Text Catalog is not getting backed up. When I checked, backup keeps pending on 0% without any progress. In SQL server error log, I also found error related to Full text catalog that SQL server is facing issue in setting Full test… Read more

It seems to be a simple & easy thing to connect Perfmon to a remote server.

GO TO RUN > Perfmon > Right Click “Connect to Another Computer” > Enter server name & you are done

But I face several connectivity issue during connecting Perfmon from remote server.

ISSUE 1:… Read more

Today, We discuss How to get list of all available parameter of .EXE file OR How to find list of SQL Server setup parameters ?

Major problem is of all available parameter details. Sometime, We need to pass parameter to .EXE file to get some different & superior functionality.

We… Read more

Intellisense is a new feature that comes with SSMS(SQL Server Management Studio) 2008 onwards. Intellisense makes coding quite easy.

But Sometimes I find that intellisense becomes stale and you start getting the wavy red lines when writing code. Even though object exists in database but Intellisense is not able to… Read more

The Resource database is a read-only database that contains all the system objects that are included with SQL Server. SQL Server system objects, such as sys.objects, are physically persisted in the Resource database, but they logically appear in the sys schema of every database. The Resource database does not contain… Read more

Microsoft SQL Server license has lots of flavors in terms of user based \ CAL or processor based license, license based on versions or license based on environment (physical or virtual).

Although, Microsoft release license guidelines for each & every SQL server version. But there are more complex scenarios for… Read more