MaxDop and Sys.SYSPROCESSES
The question is how MaxDop setting is related to the duplicated spids in the sysprocesses view.I am using SQL2014. The MaxDop used to be 8. I ran a large query and got 8 processes running with the same...
View ArticleSQL server OS name
Hi,Is there any way to find out Full SQL server's Operating System Name.If I am using exec xp_msver it shows WindowsVersion,But I need original OS Name.Becoz WindowsVersion is same for many OS.Plz Help.
View Articlewhat happens if i shrink the database with Truncate only and take a...
Hi ,I would like to know what happens if i shrink the database with truncate only option and do a full backup or transaction log backup ? are the full backup or transaction log backup valid? I know...
View ArticleCannot Open Datafile when running Agent Job
Hello,I recently installed standalone version of SQL 2014 Standard on my work computer. I used Access before but I want to use a SQL server instead. Now here is my problem. We have a shared drive that...
View ArticleTo get the average of two largest number amount three column for particular...
ID A B C AVG------------------------1 08 09 10 -------------------------2 10 25 26 -------------------------3 09 15 16 -------------------------Friends, I want to calculate the average of the larges...
View ArticleSQL server 2014 pricing for standard edition
Hello All,I have a virtual server with 4 cores. We are planning to install SQL server 2014 Standard edition on the virtual server very soon. Can somebody throw some light on licensing/pricing of SQL...
View ArticleMigrating dtsx jobs from SQL 2005 to SQL 2014
There a thread in the SQL 2012 section about migrating SSIS jobs from SQL 2005 to 2012. It looks like one just opens the old jobs in SSDT, click through the upgrade wizard and fix any deprecated items...
View ArticleUninstall SQL Server 2012 without uninstalling SQL 2014
Hi I have SQL Server 2012 and 2014 on the same machine , how can I uninstall SQL Server 2012 without it affecting 2014.Thanks.
View ArticleSQL Server 2016 public preview coming this summer
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View ArticleCreated a new maintenance solution
Since a while ago I wanted to start learning the DBA aspects within SQL Server and thought the best way to master these skills is creating a maintenance solution. That went a little out of hand and...
View ArticleSQL 2012: Best security practices for the DBA account
I'm getting to set-up a new SQL Server instance from scratch for the first time. I would like to follow-up best practices for security from the start. Previously, our practice has been to login as sa...
View ArticleMy .OST file is not accessible. Please Help.
Hi, my 4 GB .OST file is corrupted and i am not able to access my mails and contacts. If anyone can help me?
View ArticleSql server Service Account And HA
HiI use these accounts for sql server services :NT Service\MSSQLSERVERNT Service\SQLSERVERAGENTCan I Config And Run Always On\HA with these Accounts ?OR It's necessary to use Domain User?
View ArticleSteps To HA (Alwayson) - 1- Warning on Validate Clustring - No disks were...
Hi I want to setup HAIn first step, Befor create cluster , I validate the clustring and get some warning. As regards, I want to use Listener and Enable AutoFailour (to change automatic primary server)...
View ArticleNeed help finding Microsoft application compatibilty with SQL Server 2014
We are running a several Microsoft applications (ForeFront, SCOM, SharePoint and Citrix). I have been unable to find a site that tells if these applications support going to SQL Server 2014. I would...
View ArticleTransactional Replication - How to purge data from Publisher but not Subscriber
Hi Experts,We have a transactional replication between OLTP and RPT. Every quarter, we need to archive/purge data older than 3 years from OLTP, but we want this data remained on the RPT. What's proper...
View ArticleStorage question
I have SSD storage of size 1TB, if I partition into multiple disks for tempdb, data, logs does it improve performance or not. I mean keeping in single disk vs multiple, dedicated disks would obviously...
View ArticleI'm trying to repllicate the database and im getting an error
Replication-Replication Distribution Subsystem: agent -Replication--16 failed. Cannot DROP TABLE '' because it is being referenced by object .
View ArticleReport Server Database name
Hi,Is there any way to find Report server database name using T-SQL?I have SQL server report server instance and authentication credentials.I can use sys.databases but in case of user had changed...
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