Many DBAs use sp_readerrorlog or xp_readerrorlog to read ERRORLOG files in SQL Server. SQL SERVER – Where is ERRORLOG? Various Ways to Find ERRORLOG Location
What is WorkTable in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #146
Question: What is WorkTable in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER- New DMF in SQL Server 2017 – sys.dm_os_file_exists. A Replacement of xp_fileexist
Recently I published a blog about new DMV in SQL Server 2017 called dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives. While doing that I found another new DMF (Dynamic Management Function) sys.dm_os_file_exists.
SQL SERVER – Msg 3013 – Cannot Create Worker Thread. BACKUP LOG is Terminating Abnormally
One of my clients sent email to know my quick suggestion on one of the error messages. Let us learn how to fix error related to worker thread.
Cannot create worker thread.
BACKUP LOG is terminating abnormally.
SQL SERVER – Msg 0, Level 11 – A Severe Error Occurred on the Current Command. The results, if Any, Should be Discarded
It’s always fun to fix something when there is no meaningful error message. As you can see in the blog title, message id = 0 and it doesn’t tell me how to fix the issue. Here is my checklist whenever someone reports below severe error:
SQL SERVER – SQL Express Installation Error – Wait on the Database Engine Recovery Handle Failed
Sometimes I get emails from software vendors who use SQL Server as a part of their product. One of such vendor contacted me for an issue where their software install was failing because SQL Express was not getting installed. It was failing with an error. The error message which they shared was “Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed”.
SQL SERVER – Adding New Database to AlwaysOn Replica is Slow
First, let me clarify, the words in the subject of this blog are the exact words used by my client and whatever you do and say but “customer is always right!”. Here is the complete story where we faced issue related to AlwaysOn Replica.