My students got Msg 262, SHOWPLAN permission denied, when they tried to view an execution plan. One GRANT SHOWPLAN statement fixes it.
SQL Server emergency? Email pinal@sqlauthority.com with URGENT in the subject line.
SQL SERVER – Unique Nonclustered Index Creation with IGNORE_DUP_KEY = ON
What does IGNORE_DUP_KEY = ON do on a unique nonclustered index? Duplicate inserts give a warning instead of an error, and my example shows both options.
SQLAuthority News – TechDays Session at Infosys Mysore 2009 – Change Data Capture and PowerPivot
Notes from my TechDays session at Infosys Mysore in December 2009, where I presented Change Data Capture and PowerPivot to a smart, curious crowd.
SQL SERVER – Find Location of Data File Using T-SQL
A short T-SQL script that finds where your SQL Server Data File folder is on disk, using master.sys.master_files. Handy when you forget where the files live.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Error: 1807 Could not obtain exclusive lock on database ‘model’. Retry the operation later.
Error 1807 says SQL Server could not obtain an exclusive lock on database ‘model’ during CREATE DATABASE. The fix that worked for me takes seconds.
SQLAuthority News – 1200th Post – An Important Milestone
My 1200th post, on the last day of 2009, looks back at a wonderful year and lists my top 7 community and personal events in the order they happened.
SQL SERVER – Fix Error 1949, Level 16: Cannot create index on view. The function yields nondeterministic results
Fix Error 1949: cannot create index on view because a function yields nondeterministic results. A training attendee hit it; removing that function solved it.
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