During the early year of my career, one of the most popular questions I used to receive was – What is Forwarded Record? I used to find this question very valid as many people yet did not know what is the forwarded record. In most of the cases as time passes by more knowledge is spread amount SQL Server users and the number of questions reduces on a single topic. However, this is something I can’t say is true for Forwarded Records.
SQL SERVER – What is Tail-Log Backups?
A Very popular question since many years often resurfaces in my mailbox. I am writing this blog here so in the future, I can direct users to this blog posts when they ask about Tail-Log Backups.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – SQL Server Stored Procedure and Unexpected Results
The matter of the fact when I discovered this puzzle related to the stored procedure and unexpected results, I was very much surprised as well.
How to Shrink TempDB Without SQL Server Restart? – Interview Question of the Week #163
Question: How to Shrink TempDB Without SQL Server Restart?
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – How Does Table Qualifier Work in INSERT Statement?
Today’s puzzle is very interesting and I am confident that you will find that very interesting. Today’s puzzle is about Table Qualifier. I have not talked about this subject on my blog for a while, and I feel confident that you will like it very much.
SQL SERVER – Empty Startup Parameter in SQL Cluster on One Node
While working with many clients, I learned that “there could be many problems leading to same symptoms”. In this blog, we would learn about a reason which can cause empty startup parameter in SQL Cluster.
Long ago, I worked with a client and found that registry permission can cause empty startup parameter in SQL Server Configuration Manager.
SQL SERVER – Install Error: Standalone SQL Server on WFC Cluster Cannot Have Files on Shared Disk Locations
During one of my consultancy related to Always On availability group deployment, I faced an interesting issue. They wanted to install two standalone SQL Server instances on both nodes of the Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster for a specific reason. Interestingly, they informed that this used to work fine with SQL server 2008 R2 but in SQL server 2014 is failing with an error.
I checked the summary file and found the message about install error.