I try to keep the understanding and concepts for learning simple. Because for a strong building one needs to have a solid foundation. The structure’s stability is a function of how well the foundation holds them. Just having a beautiful exterior will not be sufficient. So getting into complex design issues or internals sometimes is not of any use if you didn’t get the basics right. Let us learn about Identifying Page Types in SQL.
SQL SERVER – Network Name resource fails to come online in a Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
Even if you are a DBA, sometime you need to deal with issues which are not related to SQL Server. It is not by design, but this is part of our job description. It is always interesting to troubleshoot such issues and find a solution. I always think, sharing such strange troubleshooting – it will help those who get into this problem, not understanding what is happening behind the scenes. Let us learn about in this module Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster.
What is ACID Property in Database? – Interview Question of the Week #066
Today I want to take you all back to the one of the very original database interview questions and answer which I see often discussed in the interview. I have previously written about this ACID properties as well. In my career, I have seen 1000s of the interview. One of my most popular services is to help people with interview questions and answers. I have often observed when interviewer runs out of questions to ask and thinking of the next question, they often ask this question about ACID Property of the database.
SQL SERVER – InMemory OLTP Migration Assistant Powershell Script
In one of my recent interaction with my client, they were so much impressed with the fact that SQL Server has now introduced the ability to use In Memory OLTP. They said they were interested in implementing the same in their environment for a number of applications. The hardware refresh was due and they were also upgrading a number of their legacy applications which were hosted on SQL Server 2005 to the latest version as that was also due. In this blog post we will learn about InMemory OLTP Migration Assistant.
SQL SERVER – Identifying Database Default Locations for Data and Logs
How often have you had the opportunity to go back to basics and learn the same thing again in a different manner? How many of you are developers here? I am sure each one of us write a piece of code that gets onto the production – how often have you been revisiting the same code say after a week post release. Have you ever tried to look at the code to enhance it or do the same thing differently? I am sure the majority of you never even want to look at the old code you wrote. This is second to human nature and trust me, you are not alone in this planet with this attitude. Let us learn about Database Default Locations.
SQL SERVER – Huge Transaction Log in Snapshot Replication!
Learning never stops for me! I was into a situation where the log space for the database is not getting reused and it is increasing in size. As usual, I asked to check sys.databases catalog view and we found that the log_space_reuse_wait as “Replication”.
SQL SERVER – What is DBCC TRACEON and DBCC TRACEOFF messages in ERRORLOG?
One of my clients asked me more about these messages logged in the SQL Server ERRORLOG. If you are new to SQL Server and don’t know how to reach to ERRORLOG, read below Where is ERRORLOG? Various Ways to Find ERRORLOG Location. In this blog post we will discuss about DBCC TRACEON.