SQL Server – default trace FAQ
Has someone deleted a table?
Are you trying to track auto grow events? Problem scenarios such as Database autogrow and slow...
2012-04-11
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- Interests: Performance Tuning Database Servers, Running and Coffee
SQL Database roles and members
Q. How can I obtain the members of a role within a database?
A. One method is to use sp_helprolemember
EXEC mydatabase.dbo.sp_helprolemember
--returns...
2012-04-10
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BACKUP LOG with TRUNCATE_ONLY is discontinued
As a follow up to an earlier posts - SQL Server - BACKUP LOG WITH NO_LOG
As of SQL Server 2008 , BACKUP...
2012-04-05
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SQL Server - ALTER DATABASE to set a smaller FILEGROWTH for this file.
This error message can appear in the SQL Server Error Log files .
Autogrow of file 'MY_DB' in database 'MY_DB' took...
2012-04-04
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SQL Server RESTORE DIFFERENTIAL BACKUP WITH SIMPLE RECOVERY
First thing this morning – a request from a DBA to confirm if Differential BACKUPS can be restored on a database...
2012-03-23
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Event ID 7026 and i8042prt troubleshooting
Event ID 7026 and i8042prt is a recurring error in the Windows Event Logs. I usually see this error on...
2012-03-22
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Troubleshooting Event ID 9 - The device, xxxxx, did not respond within the timeout period.
The System logs returned :
The device, xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, did not respond within the timeout period.
Some common causes
1) SCSI controller firmware
2) Incorrect...
2012-03-19
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Cached blocking history with sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats
Transactions generate IO, latching and locking on tables and indexes , while attempting to access data. The sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats DMV returns aggregated data...
2012-03-15
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DBA supertech . Specialise or generalise?
Specialise or a generalise? It all depends on how you define these terms.
A SQL Server DBA may be considered to...
2012-03-13
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Factors that can delay Log Truncation – LOG BACKUP
When log records remain active for a long time – truncation can be delayed. The delays can cause the transaction logs...
2012-03-12
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Blogs
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
How to Move the SSMS Status Bar to the Top and Color-Code SQL Server Connections
By Hemantgiri
I use color-coded connections in SSMS to distinguish Production, Pre-Production, UAT, and Development. But...
Forums
Split Large Queries in Athena with a Simple Modulo Trick
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Finding Trailing Spaces
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Question of the Day
Finding Trailing Spaces
I have some data in a SQL Server 2025 database. It looks like this for the dbo.Customer table:
CustomerID CustomerName PreferredName 1 Steve Steve 2 Andy Andy 3 Brian Brian 4 Allan Allan 5 Devin Devin 6 Steve Steve 7 Sally SallyI want to detect which names have a single trailing space. The CustomerName is a varchar() and the PreferredName is a CHAR(). Does this query detect the problem rows?
SELECT
CustomerID,
CustomerName,
PreferredName
FROM Customer
WHERE CustomerName <> RTRIM(CustomerName)
OR PreferredName <> RTRIM(PreferredName); See possible answers