One of the T-SQL functions introduced in SQL Server 2016 is DATEDIFF_BIG function.
SQL Server Management Studio – New Feature – Object Explorer Query Tracking
A few days ago, I wrote a blog about a new feature in SSMS and I got few emails asking me to share such quick and fresh information. You can read my earlier blog here SQL Download – SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) – Performance Dashboard. In this blog post we will learn about the brand new feature called Object Explorer Query Tracking.
How to Allow Only Alphabets in Column? – Interview Question #136
Question: How to Allow Only Alphabets in Column? Answer: This was a real world scenario and I have mixed feeling about this kind of question.
SQL SERVER – 3 Different Usage of DBCC SQLPERF
Have you ever wondered what does DBCC SQLPERF do in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – Cluster Patching: The RPC Server is Too Busy to Complete This Operation
If you have ever contacted me via email, you would know that I am very active in replying to emails. Many of the emails are for suggestions and I don’t get much time to help everyone, but I do reply to them letting them know the alternatives. If you are following my blog, you would know that I do provide “On Demand” services to help critical issues. This blog is an outcome of one of such short engagement. This is how it started and it is about RPC Server.
SQL Server – Configuration Manager Console Running Very Slow and Time Out
SQL Server Performance Tuning is my hobby, passion and a job. During my recent consulting engagement for Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I had to face a very interesting situation which I had never faced before. I personally take any consulting gig where SQL Server is running slow, it does not matter if it is Configuration Manager Console, Dynamics, NAV, SharePoint or any other application which runs SQL Server as a database.
SQL SERVER – Database Files Initial Size Changing Automatically
One of my clients reported an interesting issue and I was needed to wear detective cap to solve it. The mystery, for which they hired me was as below for Database Files Initial Size Changing Automatically.