SQL SERVER – Fix Error – Package ‘Microsoft SQL Management Studio Package’ failed to load in SQL Server Management Studio

I recently formatted my computer and reinstalled my machine and I end up on following error: Package ‘Microsoft SQL Management Studio Package’ failed to load I was able to fix the error quickly, but while I was searching online, I noticed quite a few of the people have similar error…
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SQL SERVER – Find Port SQL Server is Listening – Port SQL Server is Running

Here is one of the very common interview questions I often ask people – Q: What is the default Port SQL Server running on? A: 1433 for TCP/IP and 1434 for USD connection. I always get the correct answer for this question. However, when I ask a follow up question,…
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SQL SERVER – Check Database Level (IsNullConcat) and Session Level Settings (CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL) using T-SQL

Earlier I wrote a blog post SQL SERVER – A Quick Note on CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL and in follow up to the blog post, I received few questions. Let me try to answer those questions in following blog post. Q: How do we know if setting which returns NULL when concated to another NULL value is…
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