While working with transaction log backup restore or log shipping, you must have seen below error message. Msg 4305, Level 16, State 1, Line 47 The log in this backup set begins at LSN 33000000048000001, which is too recent to apply to the database. An earlier log backup that includes…

I have a tendency to try out various settings on a typical SQL Server just to see how the behavior changes from time to time. While playing with affinity settings in SQL Server – I shot myself in the foot. It was interesting to reach how I came out of…

Using CASE statements is something I see a lot of developers use. They use it in complex environments and I have been fortunate to troubleshoot and look at code blocks that run for pages using the standard CASE statements. This blog post is inspired by one such errors using CASE…

Ever since I have started writing about Error Messages a number of you ping me from time to time to understand why you are getting an error. As I always say, Error messages are a great way to learn concepts and we become better if we understand the reason behind…

I enjoy spending time with my daughter almost every single day. It keeps me busy at home and most importantly, some quality time with her allows me to relax after a long day at work. But there one thing that has caught my attention every single day I have been…

Working with Excel files can always be of great interest. I have not seen a reporting solution in the world that doesn’t give an option to export to excel. If you are talking about two separate solutions and you want to export and import, then such options can be of…