Capture the SQL behind SSMS reports with a filtered Extended Events ring buffer, inspect batch text, and remove the session afterward.
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Stale Statistics: Detecting and Updating Them
Detect stale statistics with update properties, review modification thresholds, and schedule targeted refreshes with recorded outcomes.
Msg 1842: File Size Cannot Exceed 2147483647 Pages
Msg 1842 appeared when a client’s data file reached the 16 TB limit, 2147483647 pages of 8 KB. Their SQL Agent job kept failing with a full filegroup message. The fix is to add another data file, or to free space or add a log file for the log.
Authentication Mode Greyed Out in SSMS: Read the Real Value
An authentication mode greyed out in SSMS means the Security page can’t show the value it reads. This post reads the real mode with SERVERPROPERTY, with the registry value SSMS uses and with the error log. It also explains what the two valid values mean and how a bad value is repaired.
LogonUserExEx Fails: Logging On as the CNO Failed With Error 1326
LogonUserExEx failed in the cluster log, and a listener network name would not come online. The cluster could not log on as the CNO, with error 1326, so DNS registration failed with error 6. Repairing the computer object and restarting the nodes fixed it.
Msg 46530: External Data Sources Are Not Supported With Type GENERIC
Msg 46530 says external data sources are not supported with type GENERIC. The real cause is a PolyBase feature that isn’t installed or isn’t enabled. A SERVERPROPERTY check and one sp_configure call sort it out.
How to Decode @@OPTIONS Value? – Interview Question of the Week #268
How to decode @@OPTIONS value? Session-level SET options live in the @@options variable, and this script turns that number into readable settings.
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