We are so used to taking backups and it can sometimes give us new experiences. One of the common messages I see are around taking backups on a share. If you have found this blog while searching for error message then you may want to look at below blogs as well if you are NOT dealing with mapped drive.
SQL SERVER – Error – Msg 6401, Level 16: Cannot roll back Transaction
In a recent Usergroup meet that I attended someone asked me this simple yet interesting question about how transactions work and is there any concept like nested transactions inside SQL Server. Though I have talked about this in the past, thought it would be worth revisiting this concept to drive…
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SQL SERVER – FIX – A connection cannot be made to redirector. Ensure that ‘SQL Browser’ service is running. (Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient)
I opened SQL Server Management Studio and instead of a database engine. Below is the error which I received for SQL Browser:
SQL SERVER – FIX: SQL Server Not Starting – Msg 864, Level 16, State 1- Buffer Pool Extension Feature
Recently I got an email from one of the student who attended my SQL Server 2014 Pluralsight Course from last year, he was trying to use Buffer Pool Extension feature and got into some unique trouble. Here is the email from him:
SQL SERVER – FIX – Error: 905, Severity: 21, State: 1 – Database ‘xxx’ cannot be started in this edition of SQL Server because it contains a partition function ‘xxx’.
Recently one of my blog reader contacted me via mail and told that after upgrading from Enterprise Evaluation Edition to Standard Edition, the database was not accessible. To troubleshoot, I have asked them to share SQL Server ERRORLOG. There are various ways to read Errorlog. Here is the method to…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Installation Error – INSTALLSHAREDDIR parameter is not valid because this directory is compressed or is in a compressed directory
One of my blog reader contacted me for assistance. Here is his email: Hello Pinal, I am trying to install SQL Server on my laptop but getting below errors: SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.DirectoryAttributesMissmatch: Folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server has an unsupported attribute (Compressed) set. Please resolve this issue by removing the unsupported attribute…
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SQL SERVER – Msg 8152, Level 16, State 14 – String or Binary Data Would be Truncated
Earlier this week, I have blogged about how to suppress Warning: Null value is eliminated by an aggregate or other SET operation SQL SERVER – Warning: Null value is Eliminated by an Aggregate or Other SET Operation. Let us learn about the error STring or Binary Data would be truncated.Â