While playing with my multiple SQL instances, I realized that I was not able to start one of the SQL instance on my laptop. Here is the error which I received when I tried starting it from Start > Run > Servics.msc . This error is related to TCP provider.
SQL SERVER – Database Mirroring Login Attempt Failed with Error ‘Connection Handshake Failed’
One of my friends was trying to configure database mirroring and was having a hard time in getting things working. The challenge was that he was using certificate for mirroring authentication because machines were workgroup not in domain. He followed one of the blog from Microsoft site but still having problems.
SQL SERVER – SSMS – Script Out Multiple Objects
Have you ever driven your car out in the direction of your office by mistake when it was supposed to be a day off? Have you ever done things unconsciously because you are getting trained for something that is common? This is what I call as human nature and how our brain works. Our brain is a complex organ and it used patterns and preset paths of execution when it is pre-occupied. This is the path of least resistance and it may sometimes not be the best option too. In this blog post we will learn how to script out multiple objects in SQL Server.
SQL SERVER – Installation Error – [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified
One of my blog readers sent an email to me asking for assistance. They were trying to patch SQL Server 2005 in the cluster and the setup was failing to patch database services with below error related to data source name.
SQL SERVER – Fix Error Msg 13603 working with JSON documents
Working with new data types is something we need to evolve. In this blog, I have written on a number of articles on JSON which you can take a look at. I wanted to write about some of the interesting errors one will get when using JSON custom paths. This is something I stumbled accidentally when using JSON constructs. Let us see how to fix error 13603 while working with JSON documents.
dbForge Studio for SQL Server – Ultimate SQL Server Manager Tool from Devart
dbForge Studio for SQL Server is a powerful IDE for managing, administrating, configuring, developing various components of SQL Server. The tool incorporates various graphical utilities and script editors allowing developers and administrators to access and manage SQL Server. You can download the latest version of dbForge Studio for SQL Server from the Devart website.
SQL SERVER – Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider “Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0” for linked server
As you might have seen, along with performance tuning related work, I also help community in getting answers to questions and troubleshoot issue with them. A few days ago, one of community leader and user group champion contacted me for assistance. He informed me that they are using Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 provider to read data from an excel file. But they are seeing below error while doing test connection. Let us learn about error related to OLE DB provider.