Sometimes you may have issues connecting to SQL Server and you may get messages such as could not open a connection to SQL Server. In this tip we look at different things you can check to resolve this issue.
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2012-02-09 (first published: 2012-01-25)
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On Mar 26-29 in Las Vegas, the DevConnections conference is hosting a launch of SQL Server 2012. Come to the conference and learn more at the SQLServerCentral track.
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This script will be useful to quickly check incase of any blocking or log wait occurs
2011-12-30 (first published: 2011-12-05)
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You have a table [dbo].[orders] without a Clustered Index (Heap). The table does not have any other nonclustered indexes! You rund the following command in Read Committed Isolation Level:
SELECTo_orderdate,
o_orderkey,
o_custkey,
o_storekey
FROMdbo.orders
WHEREo_orderkey = 3877;