Question: How to Find SQL Server Memory Use by Database and Objects?
SQL SERVER Management Studio – Exception of type ‘System.OutOfMemoryException’ was thrown. (mscorlib)
I was trying to help my client in generating a report large data set. After spending some time and understanding the schema, I could provide them the query to get the results. Now, he wanted to save the results in excel sheet. So, he ran the query in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), got a lot of rows as output and he hit Ctrl+C in the grid. Let us learn about System.OutOfMemoryException error.
SQL SERVER – Using dm_db_stats_properties With InMemory OLTP Tables
The whole concept of InMemory OLTP has been around for a while and still there are areas that I try to go back to learn every single time. If you are new to InMemory OLTP, I would highly recommend searching this blog for more content. For a starter, the blow blog is a great start.
What is Memory Grants Pending in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #103
Question: What is Memory Grants Pending in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – How to Find the In-Memory OLTP Tables Memory Usage on the Server
When I presented at the SQLPASS this year there were several learning that I found it interesting. Every year, this presentation preparation is something I take it seriously. I know many them turn up to learn some new tricks every single year. Hence, I invest considerable amount of time to prepare. This year I showcased several tips and tricks involving SQL Server In-Memory OLTP capability. I personally feel this feature is lesser known and never appreciated. As I was doing the session, one of the DBA asked how to find out the memory utilization of various In-Memory OLTP tables.
SQL SERVER – Error – Disallowing page allocations for database ‘DB’ due to insufficient memory in the resource pool
Keeping SQL Server up-to-date is something I recommend my customers from time to time. One of the tasks I undertake is to check the current SQL Server version information as soon as I get started to work. Though this recommendation looks trivial at the first look, this is often something people don’t take it seriously. Almost in every environment that I have done this exercise, I see them being behind on the Service pack updates majority of the times. Let us learn in this blog post how to fix the error- Disallowing page allocations for database ‘DB’ due to insufficient memory in the resource pool.
SQL SERVER – Understanding Basic Memory Terms of Physical Memory and Virtual Memory
Recently I had been to an institute to talk about some database concepts to computer science students. Most of these academic engagements get me closer to young minds and this is an awesome way for me to bring some of the industry concepts in a digestible simple format. Trust me, this takes double the preparation I normally do for professional sessions because now I need to make the concepts so simple that even kids of any age and with no knowledge can still get the concepts being explained. A lot of times this is an exercise for me to show how self-learning can be much more rewarding and unique when compared to what text book teaching would look like. In this blog, let me take up the concept around Physical and Virtual memory which took some considerable time for me using a whiteboard. I am sure, you would have also learnt these concepts a while back, but this is a refresher in my opinion for all.