Moving databases to another edition? Here is a simple script for SQL Server 2008 and later that lists the Edition specific features each database uses.
SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error – ALTER DATABASE Statement Not Allowed Within Multi-statement Transaction
A failed SQL Server 2014 SP2 left the service down with: ALTER DATABASE statement not allowed within Multi-statement Transaction. Here is how to fix it.
SQL SERVER – Script Level Upgrade for Database ‘master’ Failed Because Upgrade Step ‘sqlagent100_msdb_upgrade.sql’ – Error: 5041: MODIFY FILE Failed
One more cause of the script level upgrade failure for ‘sqlagent100_msdb_upgrade.sql’: Error 5041, MODIFY FILE failed. Here is how I fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Why Edition Upgrade is Not Upgrading Edition of SQL Server?
A DBA friend ran Edition Upgrade from Standard to Enterprise, setup finished with no errors, yet SQL Server still showed Standard Edition. Here is why.
SQL SERVER – How to Change Database Compatibility Level?
Compatibility Level controls selected query behavior within a database. I baseline the workload before changing it.
SQL SERVER – Edition Upgrade – Invoke or BeginInvoke Cannot be Called on a Control Until the Window Handle has Been Created
An old client met me at the airport with an edition upgrade error: Invoke or BeginInvoke cannot be called on a control. Here is the workaround.
SQL SERVER – Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed because upgrade step ‘sqlagent100_msdb_upgrade.sql’
After a patch, my SQL Server would not start because upgrade step ‘sqlagent100_msdb_upgrade.sql’ failed with error 537. Here is how I fixed it.