Temporary stored procedures start with one # sign for a local one and two for a global one, and both live in tempdb. This post creates each kind on a demo database, shows who can call them and when they disappear, and explains which database their object names resolve in. It ends with the habit that makes them useful for testing a rewrite.
SQL SERVER – Database Attach Failure – Msg 2571 – User ‘guest’ Does Not Have Permission to Run DBCC Checkprimaryfile.
Attaching MDF and LDF files after a disaster failed with Msg 2571: user guest does not have permission to run DBCC checkprimaryfile. Here is the fix.
Salted Password Hashes With HASHBYTES and CRYPT_GEN_RANDOM
A salt makes two identical passwords look different, yet it does not slow down guessing. Here is a small demo of both, and what to use instead.
SQL SERVER – Fix Error 3271: A nonrecoverable I/O error occurred on file. The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found
Error 3271 during backup to URL has many causes. After the 403 and 400 versions, here is what causes the (404) Not Found error and how to fix it.
SQL SERVER – Fix Error 3271: A nonrecoverable I/O error occurred on file. The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden
A reader’s backup to URL failed with Error 3271: the remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden. Here is how I reproduced it and the easy fix.
SQL SERVER – What is Forwarded Records and How to Fix Them?
Forwarded Records in heap tables still puzzle many SQL Server users, years after I first wrote about them. Here is what they are and how to fix them.
SQL SERVER – What is Tail-Log Backups?
Tail-Log Backups capture the end of an available transaction log before a restore. I assess them within the intended recovery chain.