I have written a few blogs where I explained a few issues about the failure of listener creation failure in a cluster. Let us learn about it.
Counting Ranked-Choice Votes With a Loop and a Table
Four people rank three topics and nobody has a majority. Here is a small loop that eliminates the weakest topic, moves its ballots and logs every round.
DROP STATISTICS Script: Remove Auto-Created Statistics
A DROP STATISTICS script can remove every auto-created statistic in a database, and SQL Server builds the useful ones again on demand. This post previews the statements, runs them behind a switch and shows what happens to the next query. It also says when the cleanup helps.
Archiving Old Rows to a History Table in Small Batches
Make archiving old rows atomic with DELETE OUTPUT, preserved source identifiers, bounded batches, reconciliation, and a job time limit.
Connection Strings Explained: Encrypt, TrustServerCertificate and Timeouts
Explain TrustServerCertificate, encryption modes, connection and command timeouts, listener failover, and server-side connection evidence.
SQL Job Schedules: Read Every Schedule in Plain English
SQL job schedules are stored as codes, and even the built-in description shows a time such as 60000. This post builds four demo jobs with five schedules and decodes every one with a single query. It also shows shared schedules, disabled schedules and jobs with no schedule at all.
List All Jobs With Owners in SQL Server Agent
To list all jobs with owners, read the job table in msdb and resolve each owner with a join that keeps jobs without a login. This post builds four demo jobs, shows how a common query hides one of them, and reassigns jobs safely. It ends with a cleanup script.