Performance issue, compared plans and different plan operator costings
Hi All,I'm looking at a performance problem, a proc which gets called with some set of date parameters to delete data from a table, on a particular day one takes quite some time whilst the next day it...
View ArticleCPU utilization of SQL server 2008r2 is high.
Hi All, I'm facing a critical issue in one of production servers.sqlserv.exc is utilizing more CPU(90% to 100%) Windows version:windows server 2007 standard with SP1 processor:Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU...
View ArticlePAGEIOLATCH_EX Wait type on insert
Hello All,I am noticing a lot of PAGEIOLATCH_EX wait types whenever there is an insert into a table. I have the clustered index primary key on a GUID. I wanted to know if this was a disk issue and ran...
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Event Id 326 & 327
I have those event triggered on my log every every few seconds, sometimes as many as 6 per seconds.I know that some here reported that this is related to the SSRS. But anyway, What does that changes ?...
View ArticleWhat is the benefits of Multiple mdf files and ldf files ?
Hi,Does any benefits for using multiple data files and log files ?Which way it is useful ?.--Thanks-- Bhavesh Thakkar Sr.Database AdministratorMy BlogLinked In Profile
View ArticleDatabase Compatibility Issue
After upgrading the SQL2005 database to SQL2012, I am getting the following error message:Msg 321, Level 15, State 1, Line 4"FASTFIRSTROW" is not a recognized table hints option. If it is intended as a...
View ArticleMSDTC and Quorum on Standby Node
Is it ok that the SQL Resource group is running on one node and the Cluster and the MSDTC Resources running on the other?It may not be normal but what are the consequences of it?OS: Microsoft Windows...
View ArticleTable does not update in SQL server
hello all, I have created a VBA code in access 2010 which upload an excel file to a table .i can see that form some tables , the data is updated, meaning eraseing the data from the SQL table and...
View Articlehow to track down primary key violation problem
We have a specific file from our application that cause PK violation on our SQL 2008 server. I would like to track down what those fields are and I know which DB and table those field resides. The...
View ArticleIs it safe to kill a task with wai type Backupthread?
Hi everyone,I am performing backups of all my user databases via maintenance plan and SQL Agent job, but I can see in the Activity Monitor that one of the database backups has 4 tasks in it - 2 are in...
View ArticleReplication and partitioning in sqlserver 2005
Hi,I am not able to find a document about any partitioning operation limitations for replication. Can any one help to answer the following questions.1. Can we harmlessly replicate partioned...
View ArticleIs log file needed for backup?
Hi all, I'm wondering if a backup done without the log file, could this cause an issue when restoring the database? Background, we use Backup Exec to do our back ups. The person that was handling this...
View ArticleImport data from Sql tables to Ms access
I need to transfer few tables from sql to ms access using query.Can some one please help in writing it
View ArticleSQL server Agent Scheduler
Hi all, I have some SQL server jobs placed in one sever , till last two days everything is fine , Today no job in my server ran and checked the agent and all everything looks file , I found the issue...
View ArticleInserting into a single heap table from multiple sessions
Is it possible to insert into (let's say 20) from multiple sessions into the same table (heap or not but certainly there is only a single non partitioned target table) and get inserts run in parallel...
View Articledatabase encryption
Hi allI have a database which has encryption on SQL 2005, after backup the database at 2005 and restore to 2008, I see the master key and symmetric key still inside the database however i am not able...
View ArticleSYSFGFRAG
I wanted to know if anyone knew what this system table is for (SYSFGFRAG). It showed up in one of my traces but when I try to query it I get a message that no such object exists. I assume it is some...
View ArticlePAGEIOLATCH_EX Wait type on insert
Hello All,I am noticing a lot of PAGEIOLATCH_EX wait types whenever there is an insert into a table. I have the clustered index primary key on a GUID. I wanted to know if this was a disk issue and ran...
View ArticlePerformance report in SQLServer 2005
Hi,I want to have a snapshot of performance of SQLServer 2005 and then have another snapshot at some other time and then want to compare both reports. Is there any mechanism of this type available in...
View Articlecopy only backups & transactions captured in the transaction log
Hi I am trying to understand what exactly is a copy only backup and how this could be used in real world and what sort of transactions does the transact log file store.Thanks in advance..........
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