How to identify an empty data file?
I was running an operation to shrink file/emptyfile a data file, and then remove it.It blocked and caused a huge mess, I suspect on the removal part. But I want to confirm that the emptyfile completed...
View ArticleDatabase audits and server audits
HiWhat are the main motive of using database audit and server audits in sql server? Where are their needs is required? Please guide.Thanks
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 New Features
Hi Pals,Can you please share the SQL Server 2014 new features?Currently in our environment we are running with SQL Server 2012 SP1, please add some advantages/reasons to move to SQL server 2014....
View ArticleCan I Safely Remove All Earlier SQL Server Installation-Related Items After...
Just upgraded last night from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2014. I have a bunch of earlier-versioned SQL Server stuff still on my laptop and I'd like to remove any/all of those components if I can...
View ArticleSSISDB 2014 - Enabling CLR - Is there are kind of security risks for enabling...
SSISDB 2014 - Enabling CLR - Is there are kind of security risks for enabling CLR when creating SSISDB?
View Articlephysical nodes and VMs -windows cluster
Can we add physical nodes and VMs to windows cluster?
View ArticleDoes SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS supports Cyrillic characters with unicode...
Hi All,I have an consolidated SQL Server environment. And it includes many databases with different collations. My instance collation is SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS.But today, when i would create a...
View ArticleDetach/Attach of an In Memory OLTP Database to another server
So I have a use case where we need to backup/restore and detach/attach an InMemory OLTP Database to another/restore server.When I detached the files and present it to the same server using ( it is...
View ArticleUpgrade/Migrate SQL Server 2008 std to SQL Server 2014
Hi Gents,Can any one help/suggest me the best practice/approach on how to upgrade/migrate SQL Server 2008 std to SQL Server 2014 please?1. In-place upgrade2. Side-by-Side upgrade
View ArticleWhat is the best practice about maintain and using Big Log Database
Hi we have a big Log Database. (we store all users clicks (link addresses) and All users search on our web site to this database for BI Analysing)It is a big database with 2 Gigabyte Growth in a...
View Articleunable to open designer
Hi,I'm using SQL accounting software now and i have a problem with my designer report. When i using designer report to design my customer statement of account, after i save the new design, i haven't...
View ArticleFilter on profiler
Hi we are on emergency state. Application is very slow and some times give time out. in Database , which thing Should I examin in first step?and then : we want to filter All sp's and dynamic tsql...
View ArticleWhat's the best practices for storing Very Large Tables?
Hi,We are in the middle of re-designing few tables (namely transaction tables) that would store very large data and would be hosted on cloud (Azure). The old design of this product breaks transaction...
View ArticleNo objects listed for "SQL Server performance condition alert"
Hi All,Facing a weird issue. We are trying to create some alerts in our SQL Server 2014 BI edition.Issue is that, after I chose "Type" as "SQL Server performance condition alert" nothing is listed in...
View ArticleCan I merge 2 or 3 Indexes that Missing_Index query suggested (in this way) ?
I Run Missing index , And it suggested (for example for one table) these indexes :CREATE INDEX IDX_1 ON [DB].[dbo].[TBL1] ([F1]) INCLUDE (F4,F5)CREATE INDEX IDX_2 ON [DB].[dbo].[TBL1] ([F1], [F2])...
View ArticleSQL 2014 LinkServer response issue
Hi, There is one link server created on SQL Server 2014 which connects to AS400 server. There are 3-4 SQL jobs executes after every 4-5 secs which uses these link server to fetch data from AS400. This...
View ArticleWhich of these indexes should be deleted?
HiI run a query on indxes . and this is 3 records of result :TBL_1 --------- IX_1 user_seeks = 78 ------- User_Scans = 477 ------ User_Lookup = 0 --------- User_Updates = 7707 -- Cost = (seek/update )...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Question - Creating ISO files
Please move this to appropriate section , i couldn't find a place for Windows Server 2012 section.I have a server built on 2012 R2, i would like to take a image in form of .iso file. I don't want to...
View ArticleReporting Services Configuration Manager -- "E-mail Setttings" cell is locked
Within SQL 2014 Enterprise edition, Reporting Services Configuration Manager -- "E-mail Setttings" -- How do I modify the value in 'Current SMTP Delivery Method'?It is currently set to 'Send to local...
View ArticleCan I use check constraint with unique constarint with other
Can I Use this :ALTER TABLE dbo.T1 ADD CONSTRAINT C1 UNIQUE (f1,f2) , CHECK (f2 is not null )
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