Equal-width key ranges fail when ids have gaps. NTILE cuts by row count instead, so every worker gets a fair share of the table.
SQL SERVER – Change the Port of Service Broker Configuration
Service Broker hit error 9692 because another app used its port. Here is how to change the port of Service Broker by creating its endpoint on a new port.
SQL Server – Fix – Error : 9692 The _MSG protocol transport cannot listen on port because it is in use by another process.
Error 9692 says the Service Broker transport cannot listen on port because another process uses it. Find that program with netstat, or move the port.
SQL SERVER – Introduction to Service Broker
Service Broker supports transactional asynchronous messaging within SQL Server. I separate queued work from the application that processes it.
Organising Notes You Have Already Written
Learn to organise notes around problems, useful search terms, and review dates so earlier SQL Server work becomes easy to find and trust.
Checking Which Accounts the SQL Server Services Run As
Inventory SQL Server services and their accounts, compare virtual and managed identities, and verify permissions after a change.
SQL SERVER – Readers Contribution to Site – Simple Example of Cursor
A reader wanted to join values from several rows into one record. Imran Mohammed answered with a simple example of cursor code in SQL Server 2005.