Question: How to Start Database in a Single User Mode?
SQL SERVER – What is the Meaning of PREEMPTIVE_HTTP_EVENT_WAIT? How to Fix it?
While playing with my SQL Server in Azure VM, I faced an interesting issue. I did some change in networking to avoid internet access by creating an outbound rule and then I started facing this issue. In this blog, I would explain one of the possible causes of PREEMPTIVE_HTTP_EVENT_WAIT.
SQL SERVER – Finding The Oldest Query Plan From Cache
Often people ask where do I come up with a new blog idea everyday. Well, answer is that I am not the one who comes up with new idea, it is all of you who inspire everyday with a new idea. Recently one of the healtch check client Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check asked me if there is anyway can see the oldest query plan from the cache for his server.
SQL SERVER – SQL Server Agent Missing in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Learning never stops when you are a consultant. While doing my recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check my client asked an interesting question. He informed that he is not able to see SQL Server Agent node in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). What could be the possible cause? I was able to provide him answers and sharing it here. First, let us understand what he meant. If you look closer at two SSMS connection. Do you notice a difference? Yes. As the title says – SQL Server Agent is missing in the second image. So, what are the possible causes?
SQL SERVER – 5061: FIX Error: ALTER DATABASE failed because a lock could not be placed on database ‘Database Name’. Try again later.
Every consulting engagement is different and I get to learn new things. In this blog post, I will share what I learned during my recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. During health check to demonstrate one of the scenarios we had created a test database in our environment. However, after the test was complete we wanted to take the database offline so we eventually can drop it or bring it online if needed, however, as soon as we ran the command to take database offline, it gave is an error related to alter database failed because a lock could not be placed on database.
SQL SERVER – OLE DB Provider ‘Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0’ for Linked Server ‘(null)’ Returned Message ‘Unspecified Error’
There are many situations where you have to create a linked server to Microsoft Excel and read data from there. While doing that, I encountered an error and in this blog, we would discuss how to fix OLE DB provider ‘Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0’ for linked server ‘(null)’ returned message ‘Unspecified error’
How to Grow All Files in a File Group Equally? – TRACE FLAG 1117 – Interview Question of the Week #201
Question: How to Grow All Files in a File Group Equally?
Answer: If you are a regular reader of this blog, you would have read my earlier blog post writing about this subject over here: SQL Server 2016 – Introducing AutoGrow and Mixed_Page_Allocations Options – TraceFlags. However, let us try to get an answer to our question in this blog.