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Dynamic SQL Going Haywire

Those who work on various databases, or even those who do not, must have come across the term, Dynamic SQL. Dynamic SQL is basically a programming technique that enables you to build SQL statements dynamically at run time. It allows you to create more general purpose flexible SQL statement because the full text of the […]

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How to Attach a SQL Server Database without a Transaction Log and with Open Transactions

You want to attach a SQL Server database that does not have the transaction log files and get the following error: "The log cannot be rebuilt because there were open transactions/users when the database was shutdown, no checkpoint occurred to the database, or the database was read-only. This error could occur if the transaction log file was manually deleted or lost due to a hardware or environment failure." In this tip I will help you to successfully attach the transaction log to the problematic SQL Server database.

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Detecting Deadlocks

By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?

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