SQL Linked Server Provider for COBOL
Working with SQL 2008 or 2012, I have a legacy COBOL dbms to which I need to connect via SQL Server. I'm thinking I need to set up a linked server but I don't have the appropriate provider to...
View Articlesql server scale out with distributed partitioned views
Hi. Our company manages an online auction and shopping website(something like ebay), and I have questions regarding to scaling out solutions. we are running Sql Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition(which...
View ArticleAn error 1069 - )The service did not start due to logon failure) occurred...
Hi All, We seem to be being plagued by the error below by our SQL Server agent. This happens almost everytime we restart the server that has been running for a day or two. Our SQL Server Agent uses a...
View ArticleLock request time out period exceeded, error 1222" will appear when I try to...
Hi All,Lock request time out period exceeded, error 1222" will appear when I try to expand the tables list in database in SQL Server Management Studio 2012 (Enterprises).I am creating partition on my...
View ArticleSQL 2K8R2 Start up ... TempDB clears then takes 2 hours to start up and let...
Evening,Have a strange issue.When we restart SQL Server we are unable to connect for almost 2 hours afterwards.Connecting to SQL does not fail it just hangs.If I open the active SQL errorlog in notepad...
View ArticleIntermittent Connection Failures using Integrated Authentication
Hi,We have an application server connects to a SQL 2008 R2 (sp2 cu7) server using a domain account and integrated authentication. It got timed out when trying to connect to the SQL server after 15...
View ArticleCalculating Table Scan Time
I need to run a select from table with 400,000,000 records where there column is not indexed. The column is a float and I'm simply doing a select where X > YI'm trying to calculate how long an...
View ArticleRESTORE DATABASE WITH REPLACE Fails in SQL 2012 (Works in 2005/2008)
I have a commercial application that installs a database instance and restores a database from a .BAK file. I must be able to support SQL 2005/2008 and 2012. The instance of the database is created...
View ArticleData Collection Filters (Database Engine)
Dear friends,Is it possible for data collection feature to be set up so that it will only collect data about only those queries running longer than say 5 minutes?Also, can I collect data only on a...
View ArticleLog FIle Deletion
Hi Gurus,I do take transaction log backup of the database on weekend. Do i have to store it for reference or can i delete the old log files after some days.Because space is constraint for me. what i do...
View ArticleDeprecation of Trace -T272
Anyone knows if trace flag -T272 is going to be deprecated? I am using it to avoid the jumping of identity value in SQL 2012...
View Articlehow to check is there any long transaction happening in sql tables
Hi All,I need a SP that run every minute and send a email , if there any long transaction is happening on a table.Appreciate your help on this code.Thanks !Naveen
View ArticlePartitioning Datetime and Date data type
Hi Experts, I have one small question for partitioning table. I have created a partition function on Date datatype, most of the table covers under it but some big table have to DataTime data type. So...
View ArticleMirroring..
Hi Team,What are difference in sql server 2008 mirroring and sql server 2012 mirroring,make any possible 2012 sql server mirroring database read only state ??
View ArticleCheck scheduler_id's for parrallel queries using Extended Events
Hi,we followed the rule to set the maxdop = numer of schedulers per NUMA node. I now want to check how often parallel queries can use different schedulers within the same NUMA node. Following scripts...
View ArticleCannot Start SQL Server Agent
I am having issues starting my SQL Server Agent (currently using SQL 2005 STD).Firstly, When I look in SSMS, beside SQL Server Agent it says "Agent XPs disabled (not sure what this means).Secondly,...
View ArticleIssue with loading data with more 4k into nvarchar(max) column
Hi Team,I am facing issue with column which has been defined as nvarchar(max). I am trying to insert data to a table which is more than 4k insert was successful but it is not inserting the data more...
View ArticleLog file
Hi All,Can we take log backup while the application is running, Does it creates any impact on online application. What exactly happens when log backup is taken. Appreciate your help.Thanks,Venkat.
View ArticleWait types in sql Server
Hi,I gone through so many wait-types in some of blogs. I know the all wait-types are important.Can anybody tell me that what are the top 10 wait type more important?
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