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SQL SERVER – Account Added Automatically in SQL Server Used by SharePoint

December 30, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SharePoint, SQL Login, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

A departed user’s account kept being added automatically to SharePoint database roles. How to catch who adds it, and from where, on SQL Server 2025.

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SQL SERVER – xp_cmdshell and Net Use ERROR: The Local Device Name is Already in Use

SQL SERVER – xp_cmdshell and Net Use ERROR: The Local Device Name is Already in Use

December 29, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Command Line, SQL Command, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

Mapping a share with net use through xp_cmdshell, I hit “The local device name is already in use”. Here is what causes this error and how to solve it.

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Linking server error in SQL Server Management Studio.

SQL SERVER – Linked Server Error: TCP Provider: No Connection Could be Made Because the Target Machine Actively Refused It

December 28, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Computer Network, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Creating a linked server failed its connection test: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. Here is what to check.

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SQL named pipes settings.

SQL SERVER – The SaveToSQLServer Method Has Encountered OLE DB Error Code 0x80004005

December 27, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Computer Network, Maintenance Plan, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

While saving maintenance plan on my lab server, I encountered below error in SQL Server Management Studio. Let us see how to solve the error related to OLE DB Error. 

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SQL SERVER – Error: 17300 – SQL Server Was Unable to Run a New System Task

December 25, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, Starting SQL

They noticed that application jobs are failing with the below error message about running a new system task. Let us learn more about this.

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How to List All ColumnStore Indexes with Table Name in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #153

December 24, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Clustered Index, ColumnStore Index, SQL DMV, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to List All ColumnStore Indexes with Table Name in SQL Server? As ColumnStore Indexes are getting more and more popular.

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SQL SERVER – Msg 32055 – sp_refresh_log_shipping_monitor – There Was an Error Configuring the Remote Monitor Server

December 23, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Log Shipping, SQL Activity Monitor, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

Msg 32055, error configuring the remote monitor server, hides the real error. Read from the procedure on SQL Server 2025, with a safer fix than sa.

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