SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL Service Error: 17172 – SNIInitialize() Failed with Error 0x2

While preparing a lab for my upcoming training session, I was trying to play with the cluster. While doing that I was in a situation where I was unable to start SQL Service.

I looked into SQL Server ERRORLOG to see the cause of SQL Startup failure. Here were the last messages logged in the ERRORLOG. If you are new to SQL Server then refer below blog to find the location of the ERRORLOG file. SQL SERVER – Where is ERRORLOG? Various Ways to Find ERRORLOG Location

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SQL SERVER – Nested Triggers – Trigger Calling Another Trigger Error

Recently I have received a very interesting question in an email. The user wanted to know how will trigger behave when there are nested triggers. In an email, he described a scenario where trigger called another trigger. I really liked the question and immediately answered in the email as well. However, I believe many others may have the same question, so decided to write this blog post with an example.

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