I do provide consultancy services for deployments, including AlwaysOn availability group deployments. AlwaysOn Join Error.
SQL SERVER – Alternate to AGENT_DATETIME Function
Sometimes back I posted about interesting function AGENT_DATETIME functions which will convert integers into datetime values. Someone commented that there might be some permission issues using this function which is only available in msdb database. So I write this post to give you alternate method without using any such functions.
SQL SERVER – Master Database in Single User Mode – A Serious Issue
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?