Error 1324. The folder path ‘Program Files’ contains an invalid character. Let us fix the error with the help of the solution in the blog.
How to Shrink TempDB Without SQL Server Restart? – Interview Question of the Week #163
A client ran the shrink command again and again, but TempDB would not get any smaller. Here is how to Shrink TempDB without a SQL Server restart.
SQL SERVER – The Automatically Saved Settings file NewSettings.vssettings Cannot be Found
After cleaning up some data from my user profile, when I launched SQL Server Management Studio 17.4, I got an error. related to automatically saved settings.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – How Does Table Qualifier Work in INSERT Statement?
You can use a table alias in SELECT just fine, but how does a Table Qualifier work in the column list of an INSERT statement? Try this short puzzle.
SQL SERVER – Why SQL Server Service is Stuck in Starting / Change Pending State?
A reader’s SQL Server service was stuck in Starting / Change Pending in Configuration Manager. Here is what the ERRORLOG showed in this variation and the fix.
SQL SERVER – How to Execute the Query Without Using Management Studio?
A client’s security team removed SQL Server Management Studio from the server. Here are simple ways for beginners to run a query without it.
SQL SERVER – Empty Startup Parameter in SQL Cluster on One Node
Many problems lead to the same symptom. Here is another reason for an empty startup parameter in SQL Cluster, when it was not a registry permission issue.