Microsoft SQL Server Tips & Tricks

Tips and Tricks for the SQL Server Enthusiast

In this post, we would like to explain one of the interesting issues that we encountered while...

Date: 01/22/2017

In this post, we would like to explain one of the interesting issues that we encountered while using...

Date: 01/22/2017

In this post we would like to explain one of the interesting issue that we encountered while...

Date: 10/12/2016

It is one of the pre-requisites for the KEY-SPEC value of the SSL self-signed certificate to be set...

Date: 10/04/2016

A few days back, I was working with one of our partners who had a requirement of creating a SSL...

Date: 09/26/2016

In this post we would like to explain one of the interesting issues that we encountered while...

Date: 07/14/2016

  There have been several posts on setting up Service Broker where the database is part of the...

Date: 07/29/2015

I recently installed an instance of SQL Server 2016 on one of my server. Later when I tried to...

Date: 07/28/2015

In one of the recent scenarios we noticed that a user database was deleted and customer wanted to...

Date: 05/17/2015

ISSUE Let’s say you are monitoring Replication Agent status and noticed that the Snapshot Agent has...

Date: 02/09/2015

We have MSDN article [Tutorial: Listener Configuration for AlwaysOn Availability Groups...

Date: 12/22/2014

  When you are auditing successful logins attempts using SUCCESSFUL_LOGIN_GROUP action group...

Date: 12/07/2014

  In this post I would like to explain one of the interesting issues that I encountered while...

Date: 11/27/2014

  Issue: If you have a Merge Replication, you may encounter the below error message thrown by...

Date: 11/13/2014

SQL Server Data Tools (a.k.a. SSDT) used to part of product installation media in SQL Server 2012....

Date: 08/28/2014

Sometimes we see the below error in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 when executing a query in SQL Server...

Date: 07/15/2014

  If someone gets access to the master database, i.e., if s/he can manage to copy the MDF, LDF...

Date: 05/16/2014

How to move databases configured for SQL Server AlwaysOn This article describes how to change the...

Date: 02/06/2014

Creating Availability group for an Encrypted database:  In this blog we will walk you through...

Date: 11/22/2013

In this blog I would like to demonstrate a scenario where users want to move the changes between the...

Date: 11/21/2013

I was working on a 2005 to 2012 upgrade issue and came across an interesting issue which I thought...

Date: 07/24/2013

If you have multiple full, differential and transaction log backups, there are chances you may end...

Date: 05/22/2013

  Issue ================   Recently we encountered an issue where customer performed a...

Date: 05/15/2013

C:\windows\Installer is not a temporary folder and files in it should not be deleted. If you do it...

Date: 04/30/2013

Before I talk about how to monitor the deadlocks let us have a small brief what is deadlock and how...

Date: 04/26/2013

Recently, whilst working with bulk insert queries I came across an unexpected result set which led...

Date: 03/13/2013

PSExec tool gives you an option to run a remote process or an application using System account, if...

Date: 12/18/2012

Strange requirement, right? Recently, I got a peculiar case wherein the demand made by the customer...

Date: 12/18/2012

Here we will discuss on Waits in the context of SQL Server: Highlights of this video blog :- 1. What...

Date: 06/18/2012

Filestream is a new feature in SQL server 2008, that allows storage and efficient access to BLOB...

Date: 06/18/2012

In this blog we have explained the various causes for SQL to drive the processors i.e. high CPU and...

Date: 06/11/2012

In this blog we have explained the various causes for SQL to drive the processors i.e. high CPU and...

Date: 06/11/2012

A new feature introduced in SQL Server 2012 setup is "Product Update". Product Update searches for...

Date: 06/11/2012

In this video blog we would walk you through a feature introduced from SQL server 2008 i.e. Sparse...

Date: 06/11/2012

Here we will Discuss on Providing High Availability for SQL Server Transactional Replictaion using...

Date: 06/07/2012

In this video blog, we would walk you through some tips and methods to troubleshoot Missing...

Date: 05/08/2012

Bulk insert command is not inserting correct characters from a flat file into the table. For...

Date: 04/05/2012

During our recent interactions with a few customers, we were asked following questions about TLS...

Date: 04/04/2012

Issue: Installation of SQL Server 2008 might fails with below error on 64-Bit Operating system. MSI...

Date: 04/04/2012

Queries on SQL Server Replication? Check out our blog to get'em answered , that will give you an...

Date: 03/22/2012

In this article We are going to discuss about pre-allocation scenarios and their aftermaths for SQL...

Date: 03/20/2012

I ran into a very interesting issue with temp tables recently, when working on a case. The issue...

Date: 03/15/2012

In this blog we would discuss about behavior of AlwaysOn availability group where the secondary...

Date: 03/15/2012

Recently I have had a customer complaining that when he is adding more subscriptions to his...

Date: 03/14/2012

Highlights of this video blog :- 1. What are Partitioned tables & benefits2. Building Blocks of...

Date: 02/27/2012

Highlights of this video blog :- 1. What is SSL Encryption2. Why is it needed3. Configuring SSL...

Date: 02/22/2012

Highlights of this video blog :- 1. What is Data collector2. Architecture3. MDW(Management data...

Date: 02/22/2012

We recently worked on an issue where modifying a Table from the GUI was not allowed even though the...

Date: 02/09/2012

Check our video blog, and get answers to your queries related to "Policy Based Management" in SQL...

Date: 01/18/2012

For SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 installed on Win 7/Windows Server 2008, if we attempt to open .sql files...

Date: 01/11/2012

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