Alwayson availability groups failover monitoring - Part 1
There are a lot of ways to monitor AG, sql server errorlog, window event log, cluster log......, here I list...
2013-08-04
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James' SQL Footprint
Gap issue in SQL Server 2012 IDENTITY column
Found a gap issue when using IDENTITY column in SQL Server 2012, every time I restarted sql server service, the current...
2013-07-23
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Find out orphan database file on disk
Sometimes you detach databases, or you delete a database which is in restoring status, the data and log file will...
2013-07-09
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trace flag for backup and restore operation
1. 3004
show the internal backup/restore operation for every step.
ex.
dbcc traceon(3004,3605,-1)
GO
3605 means output the message to errorlog. you can use 3604...
2013-07-02
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups setup scripts - Part 3
4. Setup 2 nodes alwayson availability group
a) Enable alwayson on both 2 nodes
enable-sqlalwayson -Path "SQLSERVER:\SQL\SQL2012-01\DEFAULT"
enable-sqlalwayson -Path "SQLSERVER:\SQL\SQL2012-02\DEFAULT"
b) Restore...
2013-06-25
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups setup scripts - Part 2
3. Install SQL Instance
a) Configure the firewall setting on both 2 nodes.
echo Default Instance
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="SQLServer"...
2013-06-25
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups setup scripts - Part 1
Here are some scripts which can be used for setting up 2 nodes AlwaysOn Availability Groups, you can make your own...
2013-06-25
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Huge collection of Free Microsoft eBooks
I must share it, there are many useful resource
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2013/06/18/huge-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-office-office-365-sharepoint-sql-server-system-center-visual-studio-web-development-windows-windows-azure-and-windows-server.aspx?Redirected=true
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/07/27/large-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-sharepoint-visual-studio-windows-phone-windows-8-office-365-office-2010-sql-server-2012-azure-and-more.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/07/30/another-large-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-and-resource-kits-for-you-including-sharepoint-2013-office-2013-office-365-duet-2-0-azure-cloud-windows-phone-lync-dynamics-crm-and-more.aspx
Thank you , Eric
2013-06-21
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use Table Variables in transaction
when using table variable, please note table variable doesn't support transaction rollback. here is the words from BOL
Because table variables...
2013-06-20
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Limit running Powershell script under specific path with AppLocker
Say if you have a management server or a script repository server, sometimes users save/test/run their script from different path,...
2013-04-28
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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Question of the Day
Using CHOOSE()
We have this code that sets some status values and then queries them using the CHOOSE() function in SQL Server 2025.
CREATE TABLE Status
(
StatusID INT,
StatusDescription VARCHAR(20)
);
GO
INSERT dbo.Status
(
StatusID,
StatusDescription
)
VALUES
(0, 'Uncategorized'),
(1, 'Active'),
(2, 'Inactive'),
(3, 'Temp');
GO
SELECT CHOOSE(StatusID, 'Unknown', 'Active', 'Inactive', 'Temporary')
FROM Status;
When the SELECT runs, what is returned? See possible answers