SQL SERVER – 2005 – Licensing Model Compared to Other Database Products

Yesterday on this blog I wrote about SQL SERVER – 2005 – Understanding Licensing Model. I have received many questions about pricing and comparing SQL Server with other RDBMS. One of the reason I like SQL Server because I am strong believer of licensed software usage and SQL Server is…
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SQL SERVER – 2005 – FIX: Error message when you run a query against a table that does not have a clustered index in SQL Server 2005: “A severe error occurred on the current command”

In SQL Server 2005 while testing Indexes I had created a table with one non clustered index only. I did not create any clustered index on table. After that I ran SELECT statement, it gave me following error. I was very surprised when I looked at error. It says Msg…
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SQL SERVER – Msg: 2593 : There are ROWCOUNT rows in PAGECOUNT pages for object ‘OBJECT’.

There are ROWCOUNT rows in PAGECOUNT pages for object ‘OBJECT’.

This message is displayed when DBCC command is ran for any database. It is harmless and displayed for information purpose only. For each database DBCC commands displays number of rows and number of pages it is using. DBCC CHECKALLOC is exception for this messages.

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