A SQL Server 2012 install failed with an error while enabling windows feature NetFx3. Here are the steps to turn on .NET Framework 3.5 in Server Manager.
SQL SERVER – Assembly ‘ISSERVER’ Was Not Found in the SQL Catalog of Database ‘SSISDB’
After a patch, SQL Server would not start: assembly ISSERVER was not found in the SQL Catalog of database SSISDB. Here is what the ERRORLOG showed and the fix.
How to Validate Email Address in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #147
How do you validate an Email Address in SQL Server? Here is a simple query that separates valid addresses from invalid ones in a sample table.
Setup Permission Setting Error: Updating Permission Setting for File Failed
A setup permission setting error stopped a brand-new SQL Server 2016 install at the end. The cause was a TempDB location set to the root of a drive. A dedicated folder for TempDB fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Service Pack Failure: MissingRegistryKeyException
Patching my lab failed with MissingRegistryKeyException for the MSSQLSERVER Performance key. Here is how I read detail.txt and fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Startup Error: 17190, Severity: 16 – Initializing the FallBack Certificate Failed with Error Code: 1, State: 20
A client’s SQL Server would not start with Error 17190: initializing the FallBack Certificate failed. Here is how we found the cause on a call and fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Too Many SQLDump Files Consuming a Lot of Disk Space. What Should You Do?
SQLDump files are SQL Server’s stress signal, and a client had so many they filled the disk. Here is what causes them and what you should do about it.