SQL Server – Does the SQL Agent Service Account Must be a SysAdmin?
As of today (5/14/2013) this MSDN article says “SQL Server Agent service startup account must be a member of the SQL Server...
2013-05-14
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As of today (5/14/2013) this MSDN article says “SQL Server Agent service startup account must be a member of the SQL Server...
2013-05-14
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One of the Microsoft’s recommendation for optimizing the tempDB performance is to make each tempdb data file the same size. Today,...
2013-05-06
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Often times I keep checking the error log to make sure if everything is running fine. Here is an undocumented stored...
2013-03-25
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When an error is raised by the SQL Server Database Engine, we usually see the Severity Level as in the...
2012-11-02
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Here is a typical scenario every SQL Server DBA faces: Transaction Log grows unexpectedly or becomes full!! So, do I need to increase...
2012-10-12
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When tried to empty one of the tempdb data file using the below T-SQL command: (My goal here is to...
2012-10-07
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Today we got an escalation where on one of the servers ‘Agent XPs’ was in a disabled state. And when...
2012-09-19
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I am responding late to a T-SQL Tuesday invite from John Sterrett. John’s call...
It’s been forgotten about and neglected for few years but I’ve decided to dust...
I am honored to announce that I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP...
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I have tried a number of times to export and then import my SSMS...
For the Question of the day, I am going to go deep, but try to be more clear, as I feel like I didn't give enough info last time, leading folks to guess the wrong answer... :) For today's question: You’re troubleshooting a performance issue on a critical stored procedure. You notice that a previously efficient query now performs a full table scan instead of an index seek. Upon investigating, you find that an NVARCHAR parameter is being compared to a VARCHAR column in the WHERE clause. What is the most likely cause of the query plan regression?
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