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SQL SERVER – How to Automatically Generate SQL Server Documentation ?
A complete and precise documentation serves a good basis for developers and DBAs during their onboarding to get a general picture of the database they start working with. Creating such a documentation manually takes a lot of time and effort. So you seat for hours and hours digging through the database structure figuring out its functionality, data types stored therein, building relationship diagrams, etc. Moreover, every time changes are introduced to the database, you have to get back to it update the documentation by hand. This definitely feels like a burden and you keep delaying it until the last minute.
SQL SERVER 2016 – Trace Flag 1117 is Discontinued. Use the Options Provided with ALTER DATABASE
While doing performance tuning for one of my clients, I was looking at ERRORLOG files to understand about their system. I saw that trace flag 1117 and 1118 are enabled via startup parameter.
How to Find Number of Times Function Called in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #104
Question: How to Find Number of Times Function Called in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – FIX – Error – Msg 4928, Level 16, State 1. Cannot Alter Column Because it is ‘Enabled for Replication or Change Data Capture’
One of my Facebook followers sent me an interesting situation, where he faced error related replication or change data capture.
What is Memory Grants Pending in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #103
Question: What is Memory Grants Pending in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – SqlServerWriter Missing from an Output of VSSadmin List Writers Command
One of a DBA from my client contacted me for a quick suggestion when I was working with them on a performance tuning exercise. I always ask for some time to explain the exact problem and behavior. As per the DBA, they are using 3rd party backup solutions to take backups and SQL backup are not happening. When they contacted 3rd party vendor they asked to run command VSSadmin List Writers and check if they have SqlServerWriter listed. Unfortunately, the component is missing from an output. He asked me the possible reasons. Since this was not a performance tuning related question and I promised that I would share whatever information I can find and write a blog post for that.
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