SQL SERVER – Puzzle with Miliseconds – Win USD 50 Amazon Gift Card
SQL SERVER – Looking Inside SQL Complete – Advantages of Intellisense Features
Recently SQL Complete add-in was updated, which I use when writing SQL queries in SSMS. In the product history I saw that a several features were added, such as code refactoring or automatic semicolon insertion. However, in this post I do not want to talk about them. I have noticed a new logic for metadata queries, which significantly accelerated my work with database objects. So I decided to look inside SQL Complete… to understand how it works and what changed…. Let us learn about Advantages of Intellisense Features.
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SQL SERVER – Installation Failed With Error – Wait on the Database Engine Recovery Handle Failed
You might have seen on Facebook that I have completed the new setup of my machines. Since I use VMs to do my tests. To have a domain, I made a VM as domain controller and another as a member server. Next step was to install SQL Server and by mistake, I have run the setup of SQL on a domain controller. As per Microsoft documentation they don’t recommend installing SQL on the domain controller and there is a warning in SQL Setup. Let us learn about how to fix Installation Failed With Error.
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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 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 109 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.
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