There are some weird situations which I see in SQL Server. This is also a one of the surprising situation. One of my client reported via below screen shot. Let us see the issue of Master Database in Single User Mode.
SQL SERVER – FIX : Error: 3456, Severity: 21 – Could not redo log record (xx:xx:xx), for transaction ID (x:xx), on page (x:xx), database ‘master’
While I work on performance tuning most of the time, I do provide consultancy on issues which can be resolved quickly. These are the engagement where I get a lot of content for my blogs as well. Let us learn about the error related to redo log record.
SQL SERVER – How to Install SSMS From Command Line? Error: The Specified Value for Setting ‘MEDIALAYOUT’ is Invalid.
There are many DBAs who like to automate the deployment of SQL. It is not fun to use wizard in all the installations. Imagine that setup media is kept in a remote share and all you need to do is provide a batch file to run and it would take care of installation. Let us learn How to Install SSMS From Command Line?
SQL SERVER – xp_logininfo – Msg 15404: Could not obtain information about Windows NT group/user, error code 0x2147
One of my client was running into the below error running xp_logininfo on some of their users. It was interesting that when they run the script to capture user information it works for the same user in another domain. They asked me if there is anything specific they can look for to find out the difference between the two users in the different domains?
How to Insert Results of Stored Procedure into a Temporary Table? – Interview Question of the Week #124
Question: How to Insert Results of Stored Procedure into a Temporary Table?
SQL SERVER – Unable to Change “Shared Feature Directory” Under Feature Selection
There are many times when internet has answers to many questions. To get the right answer, you need to search for the right keyword and it comes from practice. Let us learn how we can fix the error Unable to Change “Shared Feature Directory” Under Feature Selection.
SQL SERVER – Observation – Adding a NULL Column and Table Space
It is always fun to receive a follow up comments when I write a blog post. Yesterday I wrote about SQL SERVER – Simple Query to List Size of the Table with Row Counts and here is the follow up question which I received about adding a NULL column.
SQL SERVER – Simple Query to List Size of the Table with Row Counts
Sometimes we need simple query which can do the task, then complicated solution. Here is a simple query which list size of the table in MB with Row Counts. I often run at my customer understand how many different tables they have and what is the row counts as well as the size of the each table.
SQL SERVER – How to Find Row Count of Every Table in Database Efficiently?
Question: How to Find Row Count of Every Table in Database Efficiently?
SQL SERVER- Error: 18204, Severity: 16 – Backup Failure – Operating System Error 1240 (The Account is not Authorized to Log in From This Station)
Whenever you are into a business of “fixing the issue” – you should always find in error message first. The whole approach of solving the issue changes if we go behind the wrong error message. Let us learn about the error Backup Failure.