I recently had received question if any stored procedure is encrypted can we see its definition in Activity Monitor.
SQLAuthority News – SQL Server 2008 Add-ins and Feature Pack Downloads
Here are few of the latest Microsoft Add-ins and downloads recently announced. SQL Server Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies The Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies is a Web download that provides features for running a report server within a larger deployment of…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Simple Explanation of Data Type Precedence
While I was working on creating a question for SQL SERVER – SQL Quiz – The View, The Table and The Clustered Index Confusion, I had actually created yet another question along with this question. However, I felt that the one which is posted on the SQL Quiz is much…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – SQL Quiz – The View, The Table and The Clustered Index Confusion
My very good friend, Jacob Sebastian, is running a month-long SQL Quiz Series where the best-of-the-best experts from around the globe would be the quiz masters. They will ask one question every day, and users are expected to answer them correctly. The winning prizes include cool gadgets like iPAD, Kindle…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Quickest Way to Identify Blocking Query and Resolution – Dirty Solution
As the title suggests, this is quite a dirty solution; it’s not as elegant as you expect. The Story: I got a phone call at night (11 PM) from one of my old friends, requesting a hand. He asked me if I could help him with a very strange situation.…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Error : Fix : Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Directory lookup for the file failed with the operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.)
I recently got email from friend who had suffered from following error. Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Directory lookup for the file “filepath” failed with the operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.). Msg 1802, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 CREATE DATABASE failed.…
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SQL SERVER – Find Total Number of Transactions on Interval
In one of my recent Performance Tuning assignment I was asked how do someone know how many transactions are happening on server during certain interval. I had handy script for the same. Following script displays transactions happened on server at the interval of one minute. You can change the WAITFOR DELAY to any other interval and it should work.