Sometimes we have an error in SQL Server job history which are not very accurate to find the cause of an issue. In this blog we would explore a situation where rebuild index job was failing with error 9002 – The transaction log for database ‘PinalDB’ is full due to ‘LOG_BACKUP’.
What Part of the SQLDump Suggest Database Corruption? – Interview Question of the Week #188
Question: What Part of the SQLDump Suggest Database Corruption?
SQL SERVER – Useful Queries – Why Huge Transaction Log (LDF) File? Fix Low Disk Free Space on the Drive Used by LDF Files
During my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check engagement with the client, one of the most common issue found was the huge size of the transaction log file. In this blog, we would learn about useful queries which I use to help my client in fixing Huge Transaction Log (LDF) File.
How to Enable Files & Folders Level Auditing in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #176
Question: How to Enable Files & Folders Level Auditing in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – Impact of Transaction on the Free Log Space
Earlier I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – How to Find Free Log Space in SQL Server? After reading this blog post, I received the following question from one of the users about the impact of the transaction on the free log space.
SQL SERVER – Reading Transaction Log to Identified Who Dropped a Table
The other day I received a distress email from a user who wanted to find out who has dropped a table or column from their database. During the On Demand (55 minutes) consultation, not only I was able to help them with restoring their lost data but also was able to find out which user had actually dropped their table “accidentally”. We were lucky enough that the user had a database in full recovery model, hence their transaction log recorded every detail needed.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 22004 – The Log File is Not Using Unicode Format
Recently, I was playing with some settings in SQL Server Agent and encountered an interesting issue. In this blog we would learn about how to fix error Msg 22004 – The log file is not using Unicode format.