Compare SCHEMA_ONLY and SCHEMA_AND_DATA memory-optimized tables, inspect logging and recovery, and test an isolated offline-online cycle.
SQL SERVER – What is Wait Type Parallel Backup Queue?
Only official documentation which I could find was about wait statistics related to Parallel Backup Queue is very little available online.
Sessionizing Events: Grouping Activity Into Sessions by Idle Gap
Your events have a user and a time but no visit ID. Here is how to infer sessions from an idle gap with LAG and a running sum.
What is Source_Database_ID in Sys.Databases?- Interview Question of the Week #232
Question: What is Source_Database_ID in Sys.Databases and why it is mostly NULL? Very interesting question, I received indeed.
sysxmitqueue in msdb: Why It Grows and How to Clear It
Sysxmitqueue in msdb fills up when Service Broker messages cannot leave the server. A tested demo in its own database shows the pile, the reason, a one conversation cleanup and the NEW_BROKER reset. The msdb steps follow the same order.
SQL SERVER – DBCC CLONEDATABASE Error – Msg 2601: Cannot Insert Duplicate Key Row in Object ‘sys.sysowners’ With Unique Index ‘nc1’.
Another DBCC CLONEDATABASE error, Msg 2601: cannot insert duplicate key row in object ‘sys.sysowners’. Here is why it happens and the workaround.
SQL SERVER – DBCC CLONEDATABASE Error: Cannot Insert Duplicate Key Row In Object ‘sys.sysschobjs’ With Unique Index ‘clst’.
Learn how to fix: Cannot insert a duplicate key row in object ‘sys.sysschobjs’ with unique index ‘clst’ while using DBCC CLONEDATABASE.