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...
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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
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SQL Server – Capture Execution Plan of a Currently Running Query/Process SPID
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2015-06-05
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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
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SQL Server – Changing Ownership for All the User Databases to “sa” Account
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2015-05-05
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Change Tracking Default Retention
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Change Tracking Default Retention
I run this command on my SQL Server 2022 database:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON;What is the default data retention period? See possible answers