SQL SERVER – Find Port SQL Server is Listening – Port SQL Server is Running

Here is one of the very common interview questions I often ask people – Q: What is the default Port SQL Server running on? A: 1433 for TCP/IP and 1434 for USD connection. I always get the correct answer for this question. However, when I ask a follow up question,…
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SQL SERVER – The procedure attempted to return a status of NULL, which is not allowed. A status of 0 will be returned instead.

Here is one of the very common question I receive on SQLAuthority Facebook page. I usually answer them on Facebook but this one I find it very interesting so I decided to answer here. “There are few of the stored procedure when I try to execute they return following message. Would…
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