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Oct18

SQL SERVER – 2005 – Fix : Error : Msg 7411, Level 16, State 1 Server is not configured for RPC

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Security
31 Comments

Msg 7411 says the server is not configured for RPC. A Jr. DBA I am training found the fix on his own: turn the RPC option from False to True.

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Oct17

What RESTORE VERIFYONLY Checks and What It Misses

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Database Corruption, DBA, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Server DBCC
No Comments

RESTORE VERIFYONLY checks backup readability and checksums, but it cannot prove a full restore or healthy data; pair it with restore tests.

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Oct16

SQL SERVER – Three T-SQL Script to Create Primary Keys on Table

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Scripts
10 Comments

Three T-SQL scripts to create primary keys: two while creating the table and one with ALTER TABLE later, where the column must first be NOT NULL.

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Oct16

SQL SERVER – 2005 – Driver for PHP Community Technology Preview (October 2007)

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Download, SQL Utility
No Comments

Microsoft released the SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP CTP, a free PHP 5 extension to read and write SQL Server data. I include the install steps.

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Oct15

SQL SERVER – Explanation and Understanding NOT NULL Constraint

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Joins, SQL NULL, SQL Scripts
18 Comments

What a NOT NULL constraint does and two ways to add one: when the table is created, or after the table is created. My example covers both.

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Oct14

SQL SERVER – Three Rules to Use UNION

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Union clause
3 Comments

The three rules to use UNION from Ben Forta’s T-SQL book: two or more SELECT statements, the same columns in the same order, and compatible data types.

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Oct13

SQL SERVER – 2005 – SQL Server Surface Area Configuration Tool Examples and Explanation

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Server Security, SQL Utility
20 Comments

SQL Server 2005 ships with risky features off. The Surface Area Configuration tool turns them on or off, and here is what replaced it later.

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