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May10

SQL SERVER – Edition Upgrade – Invoke or BeginInvoke Cannot be Called on a Control Until the Window Handle has Been Created

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Upgrade

One of a unique advantage of freelancing is learning more and more. I get a chance to hear some of the real word problem and it gives me immense pleasure to provide a feasible solution to them. This blog is interaction on the airport when I was coming back from a recent trip from Canada. After seeing me on airport, an old client of mine met and said hello. While having a discussion, he told an interesting issue of SQL upgrade and he wanted an idea. He showed me below error message related to edition upgrade.

May9

SQL SERVER – SQL Audit Date Time Does Not Match Machine Date Time – Solution

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Audit, SQL DateTime, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Even though my consulting is mostly around performance tuning, I can see many customers who want to start using the new capabilities of SQL Server for their existing application as they plan to do an upgrade of their infrastructure. In one of engagement with a bank, they wanted to explore more about SQL Auditing capability. Since they were new I got engaged with them in implementing compliance, which they must follow. In the recent past, I have written below blogs on SQL Audit.

May8

SQL SERVER – Event ID 1045 – No Matching Network Interface Found for Resource ‘Cluster IP Address’ IP address ‘10.10.10.10’ (Return Code was ‘5035’)

Pinal Dave

SQL

Computer Network, SQL Server

One of my clients implemented AlwaysOn Multi-subnet listener. This is one of the message which I have heard from few other AlwaysOn availability group customers who are having multi-subnet deployment. This client reported that they are not able to bring listener online on one node, which was added newly. When they attempted to fail over AG resource in the cluster, we could see below messages reported in event logs. Let us see how we can fix errors related to no matching network.

May7

How to Find SQL Server Memory Use by Database and Objects? – Interview Question of the Week #121

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Cache, SQL DMV, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Find SQL Server Memory Use by Database and Objects?

May6

SQL SERVER – My Thoughts – Autogrow of File ‘SQLAuth_Log’ in Database ‘SQLAuth’ was Cancelled by User or Timed Out After 30020 Milliseconds

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Log, SQL Server

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If you are seeing this error in the ERRORLOG on your production server then you must read this blog. I have collected some information about the message and its causes. Let us learn about Autogrow of file.

May5

SQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan – Backup Files Not Getting Deleted

Pinal Dave

SQL

Maintenance Plan, SQL Backup, SQL Server

Sometimes it is important to read the documentation before assuming things based on the text. This blog is the result of one of my quick interaction with a client who had an issue with Maintenance Plan which they created for backup files.

May4

SQL Azure Database – Msg 40197, Level 20 – The Service has Encountered an Error Processing Your Request. Please Try Again. Error Code 40549

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Azure, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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While trying to help one of my clients, I was shown below error which was received using bulk insert command. The command was used to move data from Azure Blob Storage to SQL Azure Database. Let us see how to fix the error processing request.

Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 100 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).

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