An SSIS package fails with Error 3902: the COMMIT TRANSACTION request has no corresponding BEGIN TRANSACTION. Two fixes, one is RetainSameConnection set to true.
Low Memory Signals in the Resource Monitor Ring Buffer
Read the resource monitor ring buffer alongside Windows and process memory signals to investigate cache shrinkage in SQL Server.
SQL SERVER – UDF – User Defined Function to Extract Only Numbers From String
A simple UDF, ExtractInteger, to extract only numbers from string input. I test it with a phone number that also has letters in it.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – Explanation of TRY…CATCH and ERROR Handling
SQL Server 2005 brings TRY…CATCH for error handling, so you no longer check @@ERROR after every statement. Here is how the TRY and CATCH blocks work.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – Silent Installation – Unattended Installation
Silent installation of SQL Server 2005 in two steps: an .ini file built from template.ini, then setup.exe with /qn or /qb. Plus tips to test it.
SQL SERVER – SP Performance Improvement without changing T-SQL
Two easy ways to improve SP performance without changing T-SQL: do not prefix stored procedures with sp_, and call them by the fully qualified dbo name.
SQL SERVER – 2005 Reserved Keywords
SQL Server 2005 Reserved Keywords are part of the T-SQL grammar, so avoid them as object names. If you must use one, you need delimited identifiers.