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SQL SERVER – Error 1324. The folder path ‘Program Files’ contains an invalid character.

March 5, 2018
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster, SQL Server Installation

Error 1324. The folder path ‘Program Files’ contains an invalid character. Let us fix the error with the help of the solution in the blog.

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SQL SERVER – The Automatically Saved Settings file NewSettings.vssettings Cannot be Found

March 3, 2018
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Registry, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

After cleaning up some data from my user profile, when I launched SQL Server Management Studio 17.4, I got an error. related to automatically saved settings.

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SQL SERVER - Why SQL Server Service is Stuck in Starting / Change Pending State?

SQL SERVER – Why SQL Server Service is Stuck in Starting / Change Pending State?

March 1, 2018
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Services, Starting SQL

A reader’s SQL Server service was stuck in Starting / Change Pending in Configuration Manager. Here is what the ERRORLOG showed in this variation and the fix.

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SQL SERVER – How to Execute the Query Without Using Management Studio?

February 28, 2018
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, sqlcmd, Starting SQL

A client’s security team removed SQL Server Management Studio from the server. Here are simple ways for beginners to run a query without it.

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SQL SERVER - Empty Startup Parameter in SQL Cluster on One Node

SQL SERVER – Empty Startup Parameter in SQL Cluster on One Node

February 27, 2018
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
PowerShell, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster

Many problems lead to the same symptom. Here is another reason for an empty startup parameter in SQL Cluster, when it was not a registry permission issue.

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SQL SERVER - Install Error: Standalone SQL Server on WFC Cluster Cannot Have Files on Shared Disk Locations

SQL SERVER – Install Error: Standalone SQL Server on WFC Cluster Cannot Have Files on Shared Disk Locations

February 26, 2018
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster, SQL Setup

SQL Server 2014 setup failed with an Install Error: standalone SQL Server on a WSFC cluster cannot have files on shared disk. Here is why and what to do.

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SQL Server 2014 Setup Feature Selection.

SQL SERVER – Installation Wizard Hang Forever – Please Wait on Feature Selection Page

February 24, 2018
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Log, SQL Server, SQL Server 2016, SQL Server Installation

Adding Analysis Services to SQL Server 2014, the Installation Wizard hung on “Please Wait” at feature selection, even after my lunch. Here is what fixed it.

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