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SQL SERVER – FIX – Replication Error: SQL Server replication requires the actual server name to make a connection to the server

September 18, 2015

Replication as a topic is quite old and proven technology. After I saw the introduction of SQL Server AlwaysOn from SQL Server 2012, I hardly see folks talking about replication. For me replication will always be a technology which allows for partial (selected tables/articles) synchronization technology, which a lot of…

SQL SERVER – Notes about scheduler with Operating Systems

September 17, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Last week I visited my hometown and also made a trip to my college to relive some of my learning days. I bumped into one of my professors who was going for a class. I requested to attend and wanted to contribute. The discussion then moved to a core topic…

SQL SERVER 2016: Updating Non-Clustered ColumnStore Index Enhancement

September 16, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Sometimes our learnings are questioned and it is important to visit some of my prior blogs to validate the content. This blog is initiated because one of my blog readers who was playing with columnstore index did a lookup to my blog – Updating Data in A Columnstore Index and…

SQL SERVER – Database Source Control with ApexSQL Software

September 15, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL

ApexSQL, SQL Server

This article covers the main features of ApexSQL tools that are involved with SQL source control. For the purpose of the article, we will use ApexSQL Source Control, ApexSQL Diff and ApexSQL Build.

SQL SERVER – ERROR: Autogrow of file ‘MyDB_log’ in database ‘MyDB’ was cancelled by user or timed out after 30121 milliseconds

September 14, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages

One of the most difficult and haunted issue for any DBA is to do a root cause analysis or RCA of a performance issue with SQL Server. That is why monitoring of SQL Server is very important and companies spend a lot of time in buying tools for that. Sometimes,…

Interview Question of the Week #036 – What is the difference between @@DATEFIRST and SET DATEFIRST?

September 13, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Interview Questions and Answers, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DateTime

Question: What is the difference between @@DATEFIRST and SET DATEFIRST with respect to SQL Server? Answer: SQL Server with US English as default language, SQL Server sets DATEFIRST to 7 (Sunday) by default. We can reset any day as the first day of the week using SET DATEFIRST 5 This will set…

SQL SERVER – Who Dropped Table or Database?

September 12, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Server Security

I used to run a series on Hero’s and Sherlock Holmes is one of my favorite. There is always a need to get to the bottom of the problem statement and whether you are a developer or a DBA, at least once you might have been asked one of the…

SQL SERVER – How to View Objects in mssqlsystemresource System Database?

September 11, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Interview Questions and Answers, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

The series of interview questions are always fun. Sometimes I get to hear strange questions and are worth a detailed post. This blog is in continuation to one such question that landed into my Inbox which I personally felt had to have little explanation. During interviews there would be at…

SQLAuthority News – Ryan Adams Running for PASS Board of Directors

September 11, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

SQL PASS

I recently learned that Ryan Adams is running for the PASS Board of Directors. I care for PASS which is a Professional Association of SQL Server. I care about who runs PASS as it directly affects my daily routine. Every year, I spend a good amount of time in making sure…

Hey DBA – Do You Study Mistakes? – Notes from the Field #097

September 10, 2015

Pinal Dave

SQL

Notes from the Field, SQL Server

[Note from Pinal]: This is a 97th episode of Notes from the Field series. If you know Mike Walsh, he is an amazing person to meet and know. I am fortunate to be his friend. Every single time I meet him, I learn something as a human. In this episode of the Notes from the Field series database expert Mike Walsh gives a challenge to all of us. He explains to us why we should study our mistakes. He is indeed very right that every mistake gives us opportunity to correct ourselves.