Log Shipping - Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is in use
This story began as they almost always do - with a page at 4am local time...
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'Alert: SQL Failed Jobs on InstanceName...
2014-07-31
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
End of Mainstream Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
@DBA_ANDY: A reminder to all #sqlserver peeps out there and *especially* to our clients: #sql2008 #sql20008R2 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2014/07/09/end-of-mainstream-support-for-sql-server-2008-and-sql-server-2008-r2.aspx#Ntirety
Original Message:
http://twitter.com/DBA_ANDY/status/488744595136999424
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What does...
2014-07-14
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Why Is your datetime saved as a bigint anyway?
Yet another issue I had never seen before - thankfully this time I was able to find a relatively quick answer.
On...
2014-06-26
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Handling Perfmon Logs with Relog
In a recent situation, I was tasked by a client to check one of their servers which they believed to...
2014-06-03 (first published: 2014-05-29)
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Come to #SQLSAT307 in Iowa City!
June 6th & 7th in Iowa City - Friday precons & Saturday all day sessions! I will be presenting on Maintaining your SQL...
2014-05-23
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Why Won't My Clustered Instance Start?
Last weekend I had a client page me in the middle of the night (because, of course, these things always...
2014-05-21
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T-SQL Tuesday #54 - Interviews and Hiring
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Boris Hristov (blog/@BorisHristov) and his chosen topic is “Interviews and Hiring” – specifically interviewing...
2014-05-16 (first published: 2014-05-13)
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Help - I Need a List of my Maintenance Plan Jobs *and* Schedules!
UPDATE - Jason Brimhall (blog/@sqlrnnr) pointed out after reading this post that there is a more inline way to do a...
2014-05-07
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Speaking at #SQLSat307 in Iowa City!
I just received confirmation I will be speaking at SQL Saturday 307 in Iowa City on June 7th!
I will be...
2014-05-02
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Why Can't I Reinitialize My Subscriber?
I recently had a colleague request help with a replication problem he was having with a client. The client was...
2014-04-28
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Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers