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
PracticalSQLDba
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: 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
6,731 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: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 : 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)
6,747 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
3,427 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)
8,982 reads
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
8,093 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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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
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