Today’s puzzle is very interesting and I am confident that you will find that very interesting. Today’s puzzle is about Table Qualifier. I have not talked about this subject on my blog for a while, and I feel confident that you will like it very much.
SQL SERVER – Why SQL Server Service is Stuck in Starting / Change Pending State?
Recently, I wrote a blog about “Change Pending” state of SQL Server service. After looking at that blog one of my readers contacted me via email for the “similar” issue. In this blog, we would learn about another variation of “Change Pending” state.
SQL SERVER – How to Execute the Query Without Using Management Studio?
One of my clients asked few interesting questions during my performance tuning consultation. If you are interested, you can check more details here SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization. In this blog, we would discuss how to execute the query without SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
SQL SERVER – Empty Startup Parameter in SQL Cluster on One Node
While working with many clients, I learned that “there could be many problems leading to same symptoms”. In this blog, we would learn about a reason which can cause empty startup parameter in SQL Cluster.
Long ago, I worked with a client and found that registry permission can cause empty startup parameter in SQL Server Configuration Manager.
SQL SERVER – Install Error: Standalone SQL Server on WFC Cluster Cannot Have Files on Shared Disk Locations
During one of my consultancy related to Always On availability group deployment, I faced an interesting issue. They wanted to install two standalone SQL Server instances on both nodes of the Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster for a specific reason. Interestingly, they informed that this used to work fine with SQL server 2008 R2 but in SQL server 2014 is failing with an error.
I checked the summary file and found the message about install error.
How to Reduce High Virtual Log File (VLF) Count? – Interview Question of the Week #162
Question: How to Reduce High Virtual Log File (VLF) Count?
SQL SERVER – Installation Wizard Hang Forever – Please Wait on Feature Selection Page
Here is one of the situations which I encountered with SQL Server 2014 on Windows Server 2012 R2. I wanted to add “Analysis Services” features to an existing installation. I came up with the feature selection screen on SQL setup and pressed next it hangs with “Please Wait”. I click on it and went for lunch, when I came back, it was still in the same state. Let us learn how to fix the issue related to Installation Wizard Hang Forever.
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