SQL SERVER – FIX: SQLServerAgent is not currently running so it cannot be notified of this action. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 22022)

Getting error and finding the cause is something which I like. And off late over the blogs I have shared a number of such incidents that have helped me figure out stuffs all by myself. Of course, I do my research and more often than not make things complicated because…
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SQL SERVER – Are You Suffering from Unknown SSAS Performance Challenges? – Notes from the Field #109

[Note from Pinal]: This is a new episode of Notes from the Field series. We build our business application with zeal and enthusiasm. We believe it will do well for many years but it is not the case always. After a while performance started to go down and everything is not…
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SQL Server 2016 – Enhancements with TempDB

SQL Server 2016 is loaded with tons of new enhancements that I can’t get enough of it. I have been playing around with the bits since multiple CTP’s and it is getting difficult to catch up on all the releases coming so fast and the number of enhancements from performance and scalability point of view have been too many to track. Let us see in this blog post Enhancements with TempDB in SQL Server 2016.

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Interview Question of the Week #051 – Actual Execution Plan vs. Estimated Execution Plan

In one of the recent interview, I met quite a few interesting candidates. It is common for employees ask many questions during an interview, but there are times when candidates also ask questions back to the interviewee. I was asked following question recently.

Question: Do you use Actual Execution plan or Estimated Execution plan?

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