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Sessionizing Events: Grouping Activity Into Sessions by Idle Gap

July 9, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Activity Monitor, SQL Extended Events, SQL Server

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.

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What is Source_Database_ID in Sys.Databases?- Interview Question of the Week #232

July 7, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Snapshot, SQL High Availability, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL System Table

Question: What is Source_Database_ID in Sys.Databases and why it is mostly NULL? Very interesting question, I received indeed.

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sysxmitqueue in msdb: Why It Grows and How to Clear It

July 6, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Service Broker, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, System Database

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.

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CLONEDATABASE

SQL SERVER – DBCC CLONEDATABASE Error – Msg 2601: Cannot Insert Duplicate Key Row in Object ‘sys.sysowners’ With Unique Index ‘nc1’.

July 5, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL Server Security

Another DBCC CLONEDATABASE error, Msg 2601: cannot insert duplicate key row in object ‘sys.sysowners’. Here is why it happens and the workaround.

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CLONEDATABASE

SQL SERVER – DBCC CLONEDATABASE Error: Cannot Insert Duplicate Key Row In Object ‘sys.sysschobjs’ With Unique Index ‘clst’.

July 4, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL System Table, System Database, System Object

Learn how to fix: Cannot insert a duplicate key row in object ‘sys.sysschobjs’ with unique index ‘clst’ while using DBCC CLONEDATABASE.

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Profiling a Table’s Data: Nulls, Distinct Values and Lengths

July 2, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
DBA, SQL Column, SQL Datatype, SQL NULL, SQL Server

Start profiling a table’s data with null counts, distinct values, lengths, and generated checks that expose misleading column definitions.

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Trivial Plan: Why Some Queries Skip Full Optimization

July 1, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Execution Plan, SQL Cache, SQL Performance, SQL Server

Identify a trivial plan in SSMS and cached XML, understand skipped optimizer work, and compare a more complex query without forcing it.

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