Earlier I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – How to Find Free Log Space in SQL Server? After reading this blog post, I received the following question from one of the users about the impact of the transaction on the free log space.
SQL SERVER – Reading Transaction Log to Identified Who Dropped a Table
The other day I received a distress email from a user who wanted to find out who has dropped a table or column from their database. During the On Demand (55 minutes) consultation, not only I was able to help them with restoring their lost data but also was able to find out which user had actually dropped their table “accidentally”. We were lucky enough that the user had a database in full recovery model, hence their transaction log recorded every detail needed.
SQL SERVER – Simple Script to Create a Login and User for a Specific Database with System Admin Rights
A very popular question I often receive about SQL Server security is what is the difference between SQL Server Login and SQL Server User. I really love this question as I bet only 5% of SQL Server professionals I met know the answer to this question. In this blog post, we are going to see a Simple Script to Create a Login and User for a Specific Database with System Admin Rights.
SQL SERVER – Databases Going to Recovery Pending State Randomly
One of my famous offerings is Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check where we always go over various SQL Server and database level properties. Lots of people do not know that there are quite a few SQL Server and database level settings which can help us improve our SQL Server performance many folds. Let us learn in this blog post how to fix the error about Databases Going to Recovery Pending State Randomly.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 22004 – The Log File is Not Using Unicode Format
Recently, I was playing with some settings in SQL Server Agent and encountered an interesting issue. In this blog we would learn about how to fix error Msg 22004 – The log file is not using Unicode format.
How to Find Last Full Backup Time and Size for Database? – Interview Question of the Week #173
Question: How to Find Last Full Backup Time and Size for Database?
SQL SERVER – DPM Backup Failure – E_COORD_LOG_CHAIN_BROKEN – The Backup Failed Because of a Gap in The LSN the Log Files
SQL SERVER – DPM Backup Failure – E_COORD_LOG_CHAIN_BROKEN – The Backup Failed Because of a Gap in The LSN the Log Files
Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.
Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 100 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.
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