If you are a seasoned DBA, then the conversations and monitoring VLFs is something you are already doing. To learn about the basics of VLF, check my earlier blog at: SQL SERVER – Detect Virtual Log Files (VLF) in LDF. Having a large number of VLFs has a performance impact and there are a number of blogs that discuss the same. As a DBA in this blog I thought of showing a simple script that will help identifying the number of VLFs available inside a SQL Server instance or a number of instances.
SQL SERVER – Converting Standard SSMS File Results to Delimited – Notes from the Field #085
This is an 85th episode of Notes from the Field series. SSMS is my favorite IDE. I work with many different databases and different IDE. However, I get extreme comfort when I am working with SSMS. Though I like SSMS does not mean it is the best tool and it can accomplish all the tasks when I want it to do. Here is one of the task – converting file results to comma delimited result. However, my friend Kevin came in the rescue. He helped me out in this situation.
SQL SERVER – Login failed for User ‘NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON’ – ERRORLOG
Errors related to logins are one of the most searched in this blog. Many of the blogs that talk about these errors are the ones that get viewed often too. This is one of the interesting errors, which you might see in your environments. One of my blog reader contacted me and told that their event log and ERRORLOG is full of below the messages:
SQL SERVER – How Many Line of Code Do You Have in Database?
Last weekend I happened to be in one of the beautiful cities in Sri Lanka for some fun time with SQL Enthusiasts. We had our first ever SQLSaturday Event in Sri Lanka and it was just too much fun to be amongst the amazing audiences. I was fortunate to deliver a couple of sessions and not to forget the hours and hours of interaction with the attendees post session. In this blog post we will answer the question How Many Line of Code Do You Have in Database?
SQL SERVER – Puzzle with Year Function
A couple of weeks back, I ran a contest with MONTH () function and had close to 300 of you answer the puzzle. It was a great brain teaser and we had an awesome response from you. Most of you got the answer right and it is great to see you folks getting the basics right.
SQL SERVER – FIX – Error 3702, Level 16, State 3 – Cannot Drop Database “DB_Name” Because it is Currently in Use
We learn from mistakes and we improvise with experience. I couldn’t think of a better example than the one below for this. I have been watching many sessions by various speakers and found that many times they have struggled to get rid of Error 3702.
Using Power of Web to Query Databases / Sources With Skyvia
Web technologies are moving at a pace that we can hardly keep up in pace. More and more of investments are going on in the space of web that even database developers like me find it interesting. In the same context, recently I was exploring on Skyvia (SQL SERVER – Integrate Your Data with Skyvia – Cloud ETL Solution) from ETL to how one might query and was surprised to see how some of these can be made useful.