Few days back I wrote blog to help my blog reader and this is follow up on the same post How to Add Date to Database Backup Filename? – Interview Question of the Week #109. In this blog post we will see a powershell script for Removing Old SQL Database Backup Files from Azure Storage.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 15281- SQL Server Blocked Access to Procedure ‘sys.xp_cmdshell’ of Component ‘xp_cmdshell’
One of my blog readers pinged me on Skype and asked a simple question. I always thought I had a blog written about this error, but I was wrong. So, this blog is the outcome of a short interaction with my blog reader. Let us learn about how to fix blocked access error.
How to Add Date to Database Backup Filename? – Interview Question of the Week #109
Question: How to Add Date to Database Backup Filename?
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Why does sp_spaceused Show No Values?
When you see something not behaving the way normal way, either it must be magic or in software terms it is an error or bug. This blog was inspired by someone who caught me unaware with this challenge that it took me by surprise. I didn’t know how to solve it and it took me close to 10 mins before realizing what was happening behind the scenes. Let us see the puzzle about Why does sp_spaceused Show No Values?
SQL SERVER – SQL Server: Getting OS information using DMV
I am used to exploring what is available in the technology of love – SQL Server. As I was exploring into one of the simplest set of DMVs which have been available for ages. There are several ways to get the OS information inside SQL Server. One of the ways is to use the DMV as shown below.
How to Enable Auto Update Statistics and Auto Create Statistics with T-SQL – Interview Question of the Week #108
Question: How to Enable Auto Update Statistics and Auto Create Statistics? Let us learn how we can fix that in today’s blog post.
SQL SERVER – Database Mirroring Connection Error 4 – An Error Occurred While Receiving Data: 10054
I was trying to set up database mirroring in my freshly created Azure Virtual Machines and encountered an error. The error was talking about connectivity problem, but it was something else. Let us learn about how to fix the database mirroring connection error 4.