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SQL SERVER – TempDB is Full. Move TempDB from one drive to another drive.

If you ever find your TEmpDB to be full and if you want to move TempDB, you will find this blog post very helpful.

Here is the error message which may come across.

Event ID: 17052
Description: The LOG FILE FOR DATABASE ‘tempdb’ IS FULL.
Back up the TRANSACTION LOG FOR the DATABASE TO free
Up SOME LOG SPACE

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SQL SERVER – 2005 Best Practices Analyzer (February 2007 CTP)

Microsoft has released a tool called the Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer. With this tool, you can test and implement a combination of SQL Server best practices and then implement them on your SQL Server. The SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer gathers data from Microsoft Windows and SQL…
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SQL SERVER – Fix : Error 8101 An explicit value for the identity column in table can only be specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON

This error occurs when the user has attempted to insert a row containing a specific identity value into a table that contains an identity column. Run following commands according to your SQL Statement. Let us learn about the IDENTITY_INSERT.

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SQL SERVER – Fix : Error 701 There is insufficient system memory to run this query

Generic Solution: Check the settings for both min server memory (MB) and max server memory (MB). If max server memory (MB) is a value close to the value of min server memory (MB), then increase the max server memory (MB) value. Check the size of the virtual memory paging file.…
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SQL SERVER – @@IDENTITY vs SCOPE_IDENTITY() vs IDENT_CURRENT – Retrieve Last Inserted Identity of Record

SELECT @@IDENTITY It returns the last IDENTITY value produced on a connection, regardless of the table that produced the value, and regardless of the scope of the statement that produced the value. @@IDENTITY will return the last identity value entered into a table in your current session. While @@IDENTITY is…
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