After a patch, SQL Server would not start: assembly ISSERVER was not found in the SQL Catalog of database SSISDB. Here is what the ERRORLOG showed and the fix.
How to Validate Email Address in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #147
How do you validate an Email Address in SQL Server? Here is a simple query that separates valid addresses from invalid ones in a sample table.
Installation Error – Updating Permission Setting for File Failed
A brand-new SQL Server 2016 install failed at the end with: Updating permission setting for file failed. Here is the quick fix for this installation error.
SQL SERVER – Service Pack Failure: MissingRegistryKeyException
Patching my lab failed with MissingRegistryKeyException for the MSSQLSERVER Performance key. Here is how I read detail.txt and fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Startup Error: 17190, Severity: 16 – Initializing the FallBack Certificate Failed with Error Code: 1, State: 20
A client’s SQL Server would not start with Error 17190: initializing the FallBack Certificate failed. Here is how we found the cause on a call and fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Too Many SQLDump Files Consuming a Lot of Disk Space. What Should You Do?
SQLDump files are SQL Server’s stress signal, and a client had so many they filled the disk. Here is what causes them and what you should do about it.
SQL SERVER – SQLCMD Error – Failed to Load Resource File SQLCMD.rll
Running SQLCMD gave me this SQLCMD error: Failed to load resource file SQLCMD.rll. Here is how I used Process Monitor to find the missing file.