SQL Server – Script to generate Read-Only Routing URLs
If you are familiar with the new feature Read-Only Routing introduced in SQL Server 2012 with AlwaysOn then you should...
2015-10-01
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SQL Server – New Database Backup Encryption with SQL Server 2014
With the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2014, we have the first version of SQL Server that supports encrypting database...
2015-07-21
674 reads
SQL Server – Capture Execution Plan of a Currently Running Query/Process SPID
DBAs most often face scenarios where they need to capture graphical execution plan of a query currently running on a live production instance because...
2015-06-05
1,090 reads
SQL Server – How to Calculate Length and Size of any field in a SQL Table
Recently I came across a situation where queries are loading extremely slow from a table. After careful analysis we found...
2015-06-04
689 reads
SQL Server – Changing Ownership for All the User Databases to “sa” Account
Most people prefer to have “sa” account as the database owner, primary reason being sa login cannot be removed/deleted unlike any...
2015-05-05
379 reads
SQL Server – Endpoint Authentication Error in AlwaysOn Availability Group Setup
According to MSDN: If the SQL Server service is running as a built-in account, such as Local System, Local Service,...
2015-02-06
621 reads
SQL Server – Ports used by Database Engine and other SQL Features
Most of us know the default port for SQL Server is 1433, but there are various ports being used by SQL Server...
2014-12-07
355 reads
SQL Server – Failed to bring availability group ‘[availability group name]’ online
I have been noticing one very common error that occurs while trying to failover an Availability Group in SQL Server 2012 AlwaysON...
2014-10-28
1,983 reads
SQL Server – Aborted Online Index Operation & Observed Elevated Values for PWAIT_MD_RELATION_CACHE and MD_LAZYCACHE_RWLOCK Wait Types
Last week on one of our production servers (version 2011.110.3373.0), we’ve encountered a strange issue which is relatively new (only...
2014-08-12
581 reads
SQL Server – Script to Identify and Update Database Auto-Growth Setting
An auto-growth event is the process by which the SQL Server engine expands the size of a database file when...
2014-06-25
1,088 reads
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Reference for doing Data Warehousing in SQL Server
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Using Table Hints in a Query
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