One of the most successful offerings from me has been Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Sometimes during my assistance, some random issues appear which I try to solve as well. In a recent engagement, one of their developers asked a question about an error which he was receiving while running sp_dropserver. In this blog, we would see how to fix error 15190 – There are still remote logins or linked logins for the server.
SQL SERVER – Fix : Error Msg 1813, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 Could not open new database databasename. CREATE DATABASE is aborted
It is indeed a pleasure when we write a timeless article for SQL Server and DBAs read it after many years. In the year 2007, I wrote an article about an error related to Could not open a new database. It has been one of the top viewed blog posts all the time. Recently SQL Server Expert Jeremy Roe has sent me an updated script for a recent version of SQL Server for the same error.
SQL SERVER – xp_create_subdir() Returned Error 183, ‘Cannot Create a File When that File Already Exists
New client, new idea and a new blog! That’s how I have been writing a daily blog for many years now. In this blog, I would share my learning from a client who faced error “xp_create_subdir() returned error 183, ‘Cannot create a file when that file already exists” while running maintenance plan.
SQL SERVER – Relating Unrelated Tables – A Question from Reader
I often get emails from my blog readers asking various types of questions. Here is one of the interesting questions from a reader about Relating Unrelated Tables. Let us go over it in detail.
How to Shrink All the Log Files for SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #203
Question: How to Shrink All the Log Files for SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 15281 – SQL Server Blocked Access to STATEMENT ‘OpenRowset/OpenDatasource’ of Component ‘Ad Hoc Distributed Queries’
I wrote a blog earlier about reading data from excel via SQL Server. This was done using ‘OpenRowset. One of my blog readers sent an email to me that they were getting an error. In this blog, we would see how to fix Msg 15281 – SQL Server blocked access to STATEMENT ‘OpenRowset/OpenDatasource’ of component ‘Ad Hoc Distributed Queries’
SQL SERVER – The OLE DB Provider “Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0” for Linked Server “(null)” Reported an Error. Access Denied
Here is another blog which explains a situation I was in while reading data from excel. In this blog, we would talk about error “Access Denied” error while using The OLE DB provider “Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0” for linked server.