How do you track autogrowth of any database? Constant autogrowth was slowing a client’s busy e-commerce database, and here is how we found when and who caused it.
SQL SERVER – T-SQL Script to Check SQL Server Job History
SQL Server Agent Job History can be queried from msdb. A New Zealand customer requested this report during our weekly health check.
SQL SERVER – How to Write Correlated Subquery?
A Correlated Subquery references the outer query. I use a stock-item comparison after the earlier single-table aggregate lesson.
SQL SERVER – Two Different Requirements for a Single Table Subquery
A subquery can compare rows with an aggregate from the same table. A junior DBA asked about this over lunch.
SQL SERVER – Cannot Shrink Log File Because Total Number of Logical Log Files
Cannot shrink log file because the total number of logical log files cannot be fewer than 2. Here is what the message means.
SQL SERVER – Information Message: Cannot shrink file in database to xxxx pages as it only contains yyyy pages.
A reader hardcoded 1 GB in my log shrink script and got: Cannot shrink file in database to xxxx pages as it only contains yyyy pages. I explain why it appears.
SQL SERVER – Error 21028 : Replication Components are not Installed on This Server
After I set up AlwaysOn for a client, configuring replication failed: Replication components are not installed on this server. Here is how to fix error 21028.