SQL SERVER – Too many dumps generated. CPerIndexMetaQS::ErrorAbort – Index Corruption

I always try to share my knowledge and learning from a client engagement. This helps me in remembering the steps I took to reach to the solution. It also helps my blog readers to follow the same steps and fix their problem rather than waiting for some expert to fix it. So you see, this is a WIN-WIN situation for both of us. Let us learn in this blog post how to fix index corruption. 

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What are Forwarded Records in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #145

Question: What are Forwarded Records in SQL Server?

Answer: It is interesting to see this question keeps on coming up in the interview questions. Even though this is very old concept, I hardly see new DBAs know about this subject.

Let us see the answer the question about the forwarded records.

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SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop – Forward Looking

In the month of January, I had offered a unique offering for training – “SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop”. I was initially planning to offer this for one month, however the response for this training was so much that I had to extend it for the entire first quarter. At this point of time, I am still delivering 2-3 classes every week as the training is extremely popular.

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