Earlier last month, I posted an interview question – How to Generate Random Passwords in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #181. Though, my efforts were honest my answer was not complete in that blog post. Thankfully, SQL Server Expert Tim Cartwright noticed the error in the blog post and decided to send me to follow up email with the accurate script to generate a random password.
SQL SERVER – Database Mirroring Login Attempt Failed With Error: ‘Connection Handshake Failed. An OS Call Failed: (80090350)
While Microsoft has introduced an AlwaysOn availability group feature in SQL Server 2012 and people have been using it instead of database mirroring. In this blog, we would learn how to fix error Database Mirroring login attempt failed with error: ‘Connection handshake failed. An OS call failed: (80090350).
SQL SERVER – How to Turn On / Enable Instant File Initialization?
This blog post is a follow-up blog post on the subject of Instant File Initialization (IFI). I suggest you read the following blog posts before you continuing this blog post. Today we will learn how to Turn On / Enable Instant File Initialization?
SQL SERVER – T-SQL Script: How to Search for Multiple Values in ERRORLOG?
There are many situations where we need to apply filters in ERRORLOG to look at meaningful data. In this blog, we would learn how to search for multiple values in the SQL Server ERRORLOG file.
How to Check Status of Instant File Initialization? – Interview Question of the Week #184
Question:Â How to Check Status of Instant File Initialization?
Answer: This is a follow-up question of the previous blog post which I shared earlier. Please read this blog post before reading this blog for complete information: How to Check If Instant File Initialization Enabled or Not?
SQL SERVER – How to Check If Instant File Initialization Enabled or Not?
The question such as this makes my day during the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. One of the DBA asked if there is an easy way to know if they have Instant File Initialization Enabled or Not for their server. Honestly, this is a very simple question but there was no quick answer to this one before SQL Server 2016. However, if you are using SQL Server 2016 or later version of SQL Server, you can figure out the status of the instant file initialization pretty quickly.
SQL SERVER – Error 9002: The Transaction Log for Database ‘SQLDB’ is Full Due to ‘DATABASE_MIRRORING’
It is interesting to see in SQL Server that same error message is raised due to multiple reasons. One such error is 9002. In this blog, we would quickly learn about the cause of error 9002: The transaction log for database ‘SQLDB’ is full due to ‘DATABASE_MIRRORING’
SQL SERVER – Observation: ROWLOCK Hint and Slow Performance
During my recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check Developer showed me a slow query which used ROWLOCK hint. The common understanding is that with the help of ROWLOCK hint SQL Server only locks a single row which eventually leads to performance but in their case, it was actually very much opposite. Let us see this scenario with a simple example.
Fun Video – Real World Performance Solutions by Bert
Today, I am very happy to share a fun video about class Real World Performance Solutions. I was very fortunate that I got the opportunity to build this video with Bert Wagner. He is truly a talented SQL Server expert and amazingly creative with the videos. I have never seen in my life anyone so versatile with creative with educational videos.
SQL SERVER – How to Listen on Multiple TCP Ports in SQL Server?
During my recent engagement of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, Sr. DBA asked if it is possible to run SQL Server on multiple TCP Ports. The answer is Yes, it is very much possible.