[Notes from Pinal]: Everybody knows about ETL Processes. It is a simple process where data is extracted, transformed and loaded into an application or database. However, still today, not many people know about how to do data lineage tracking in ETL processes.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL Server – TDSSNIClient Initialization Failed with error 0xd
As a part of my passion, I do visit the forums and try to help. I contacted him personally via email and found an interesting situation. So, sharing it via the blog. I saw below post in a public forum about TDSSNIClient Initialization Failed.
Hi Experts,
I am not able to start the SQL Server service. Getting below error while starting SQL via configuration manager.
SQL SERVER – Error Msg 5042, Level 16 – The File ‘tempdev02’ Cannot be Removed Because it is Not Empty
As a SQL Server DBA you would know that sometimes it is possible to make mistakes with the database. Few of the time it can be corrected. Out of them, some are easy and some are difficult. I was running out of space on my VM and I started hunting for a bigger file on my machine. It was not difficult to find and recall that I added some files to the TempDB database while doing some testing. Here is the command to get details about the database file, which gave me Error Msg 5042.
PowerShell – Backup SQL Server System Databases
I have been lately writing on powershell and didn’t know there are many more scenarios that can be enabled. I was traveling for a consulting assignment over the weekend for a customer location. Though this exercise was around performance tuning their systems, it was amazing to see that they had some of the basics not done either. In this blog we will be discussing about how to backup SQL Server System Databases.
List All the Stored Procedure Modified in Last Few Days – Interview Question of the Week #070
In the interview and I end up seeing candidates failing to answer this question about the Stored Procedure Modified recently.
SQL SERVER – Change Color for System Object Name in Text Editor (SSMS 2016)
You might have seen my earlier posts about SQL Server 2016 management studio. There are a lot of changes which have happened in SSMS area. One of such change which I heard is that SSMS now uses Visual Studio 2015 shell. I am a sort of guy who likes some of the settings to be as they were when I worked with good old SQL 2000 days too. I like the color coding used for ages since I first worked with SQL Server using Enterprise Manager. Here is an example where I personally felt the old style is far more productive than the new default. Let us see how we can change color for the system object name in the text editor.
SQL SERVER – Optimizing Tabular Models for Self-Service Reporting: Summarize By – Notes from the Field #123
[Note from Pinal]: This is a new episode of Notes from the Field series. I personally have no problem accepting that I do not know many topics. One of the such topic is Tabular Models. I always wanted to learn more and I finally got the opportunity to learn more.
In this episode of the Notes from the Field series I asked SQL Expert Bill Anton a very crucial question – How can we optimize Tabular Models for self service reporting with the help of Summarize By ? Bill was very kind to answer the questions and provides plenty of information about how a novice developer can work with Tabular Models.
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