Windows Cluster : Understanding the Quorum settings
In my earlier post, I have explained about the windows cluster and how Sql server works on cluster environment. In...
2012-07-18
3,987 reads
SQL Server: Instant Deadlock Alert Using WMI in Your Mailbox
In my last post I have explained,how to setup alert for blocking using WMI. In this post let us see how...
2012-07-17 (first published: 2012-07-16)
5,606 reads
SQL SERVER:How Can I Get Notification Alert When Fail Over Happened ?
It was long time I was searching for simple solution to get notification alert in my inbox when ever fail...
2012-07-16 (first published: 2012-07-05)
5,067 reads
SQL Server: Instant Blocking Alert Using WMI in Your Mailbox
As a DBA, it is important for all of us to get real time alert on various issues in our...
2012-07-13
6,728 reads
SQL SERVER : SQL Server Scheduler
While troubleshooting the performance issues of SQL server, you might have seen the sessions are in different state like SUSPENDED,RUNNING,RUNNABLE etc....
2012-07-12
8,734 reads
SQL SERVER : The Scene Behind NOLOCK
I have heard many time people talking about the NOLOCK hint. Some of them says it improves the performance and...
2012-07-12 (first published: 2012-07-04)
6,746 reads
SQL Server : Parameter Sniffing
Two days back one of my colleque came to me and started complaining about the performance of an Stored Procedure....
2012-06-29 (first published: 2012-06-25)
8,981 reads
How Local Variable or Optimize for Unknown Resolve Parameter Sniffing
In my last post , we have gone through the parameter sniffing and possible solutions for parameter sniffing. In the possible...
2012-06-27
3,426 reads
SQL Server : Moving System, resource and User Databases to New SAN disk
In my earlier post I have explained the steps that we have followed to move the MSDTC and Quorum drive...
2012-06-18 (first published: 2012-06-12)
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Connection Pooling :At a Glance
What is a Connection Pool?
A connection pool is a group of database connections (with same connection properties) maintained in the...
2012-06-15
8,091 reads
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SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
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ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
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Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers