One of my client was running into the below error running xp_logininfo on some of their users. It was interesting that when they run the script to capture user information it works for the same user in another domain. They asked me if there is anything specific they can look for to find out the difference between the two users in the different domains?
How to Insert Results of Stored Procedure into a Temporary Table? – Interview Question of the Week #124
Question: How to Insert Results of Stored Procedure into a Temporary Table?
SQL SERVER – Unable to Change “Shared Feature Directory” Under Feature Selection
There are many times when internet has answers to many questions. To get the right answer, you need to search for the right keyword and it comes from practice. Let us learn how we can fix the error Unable to Change “Shared Feature Directory” Under Feature Selection.
SQL SERVER – Observation – Adding a NULL Column and Table Space
It is always fun to receive a follow up comments when I write a blog post. Yesterday I wrote about SQL SERVER – Simple Query to List Size of the Table with Row Counts and here is the follow up question which I received about adding a NULL column.
SQL SERVER – Simple Query to List Size of the Table with Row Counts
Sometimes we need simple query which can do the task, then complicated solution. Here is a simple query which list size of the table in MB with Row Counts. I often run at my customer understand how many different tables they have and what is the row counts as well as the size of the each table.
SQL SERVER – How to Find Row Count of Every Table in Database Efficiently?
Question: How to Find Row Count of Every Table in Database Efficiently?
SQL SERVER- Error: 18204, Severity: 16 – Backup Failure – Operating System Error 1240 (The Account is not Authorized to Log in From This Station)
Whenever you are into a business of “fixing the issue” – you should always find in error message first. The whole approach of solving the issue changes if we go behind the wrong error message. Let us learn about the error Backup Failure.
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.
Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.
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