Querying a table with an XML column over a linked server fails with Msg 9514: XML data type is not supported in distributed queries. Here is the fix.
SQL SERVER – Copy Data From SSMS Query Result to Excel
How do you copy data from an SSMS query result to Excel? It is simple, but not everyone knows it: right-click the results and save them as a CSV file.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Cannot Connect to SQL in Azure Virtual Machine From Laptop
SSMS on my laptop could not connect to SQL in Azure Virtual Machine, even though it worked fine on the VM itself. Here is how I fixed the connection.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Set Cloud Witness. Error: The Client and Server Cannot Communicate, Because They do Not Possess a Common Algorithm
Adding a cloud witness to my cluster failed: The client and server cannot communicate, because they do not possess a common algorithm. I share the fix that worked.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 41105: Failed to Create the Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) Resource With Name and Type ‘SQL Server Availability Group’
Creating an availability group failed with Msg 41105: Failed to create the WSFC resource with type ‘SQL Server Availability Group’. Here are ways to fix it.
SQL SERVER – Cannot Shrink Log File 2 (SQLAuthorityDB_log) Because the Logical Log File Located at the End of the File is in Use
Diagnose a cannot shrink log file message with read-only SQL, active VLF checks and log reuse waits. Keep backup protection and size for the workload.
SQL SERVER – Which Settings Change in sp_configure Needs Restart to Take Effect?
Which settings changed in sp_configure need a restart to take effect? You do not need to remember them, because a catalog view added in SQL Server 2008 tells you.