This was another interesting situation where client reported that their SQL Server Cluster resource, sometimes, fail to come online when they perform failover of SQL Server from one node to another. In this blog, we would learn how to fix ” SQL Server resource not coming to an online state ” issue.
SQL SERVER – Databases Going to Recovery Pending State Randomly
One of my famous offerings is Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check where we always go over various SQL Server and database level properties. Lots of people do not know that there are quite a few SQL Server and database level settings which can help us improve our SQL Server performance many folds. Let us learn in this blog post how to fix the error about Databases Going to Recovery Pending State Randomly.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 22004 – The Log File is Not Using Unicode Format
Recently, I was playing with some settings in SQL Server Agent and encountered an interesting issue. In this blog we would learn about how to fix error Msg 22004 – The log file is not using Unicode format.
SQL SERVER – DPM Backup Failure – E_COORD_LOG_CHAIN_BROKEN – The Backup Failed Because of a Gap in The LSN the Log Files
SQL SERVER – DPM Backup Failure – E_COORD_LOG_CHAIN_BROKEN – The Backup Failed Because of a Gap in The LSN the Log Files
SQL SERVER – Error: Could not Load File or Assembly Microsoft. SqlServer. management. sdk. sfc Version 12.0.0.0
My virtual machines are my playground and I do install/uninstall a lot of stuff there (of course related to SQL Server learning). When things break, I get to learn something new. In this blog we would talk about how to troubleshoot and fix Could not load file or assembly error. This particular error can come in many flavors. Here is another form of the same error.
SQL SERVER – Restore Database Wizard in SSMS is Very Slow to Open
Recently I was hired for my On Demand (55 minutes) Service by an organization and they had a very interesting situation. To be very honest, I was initially lost for few moments when they described this situation to me and wanted me to solve their error. They were facing a very unique situation where their SSMS was working just fine but when they try to restore any database, SSMS Restore Database Wizard will take forever to open.
SQL SERVER – Fix Error: Invalid object name STRING_SPLIT
Just the other day one of the readers sent me following email after reading my earlier blog post: STRING_SPLIT Function Performance Comparison. He really liked the new feature of SQL Server 2016 and decided to start using this new feature. However, as soon as he started to use this feature, he received following error. He was very much confused why he was not able to use the STRING_SPLIT function even though he had SQL Server 2016.