SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Apr7

SQL SERVER – Unable to recycle Errorlog – sp_cycle_errorlog – OS error 1392

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Log, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

One of my clients contacted me and informed that they have a node production clustered server and they recently noticed that the nightly error log had stopped cycling ERRORLOGs. When we attempted to run sp_cycle_errorlog we get the following:

Apr6

SQL SERVER – Script to Audit Login and Role Member Change

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Audit, , SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Once there was a security breach on my client machine and they wanted to know who made changes to the SysAdmin role. They contacted me and my first question was that, are you are auditing such changes and as expected answer was No. I gave them answer that nothing can be done as a consultant. They still wanted my suggestion to prevent this in future. So, they want to track if someone does such things in future. Let us see a script to audit login and role member change.

Apr5

SQL SERVER – Msg 3136, Level 16 – This Differential Backup Cannot be Restored Because the Database has not Been Restored to the Correct Earlier State

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Restore, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I was trying to teach copy-only backups to my students and encountered below error related to differential backup.

Apr4

SQL SERVER – Msg 3101, Level 16 – Exclusive Access Could not be Obtained Because the Database is in Use

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Backup, SQL Restore, SQL Server

This error might have seen by DBAs and they know how to fix it. This blog goes in little details about what are the various options available. Here is the simple reproduction of the error message related to exclusive access.

Apr3

SQL SERVER – Management Studio Missing – SSMS 2014 not Installed with SQL Server 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Server, SQL Server Installation, SQL Server Management Studio

Recently I got a message on Skype about SSMS.

Hi Pinal, Need quick suggestion. I am unable to find ssms.exe after installation of SQL Server. Do you know how I can install it?

Initially I thought that since SQL Server 2016 doesn’t come with SQL Server Management Studio, this would be an expected behavior. So, I shared my blog to him.

Apr2

How to Find Median in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #116

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Ranking Functions, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Find Median in SQL Server?

Apr1

SQL SERVER – System. Security. Cryptography. CryptographicException – There Was an Error Generating the XML Document

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Encryption, SQL XML

One of my clients contacted me in assistance to install SQL Server. Generally, this is straightforward, but sometimes there are problems. This time we received an error message and it was very interesting. Let us learn about error related to the XML Document.

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 94 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.

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