spid -4 blocking the transactions
Hi All,We encountered a situation today where the spid -4 was blocking the transactions. We're not able to kill it as it was not treated as a valid spid by SQL server. We tried to get the UOW using...
View ArticleWhat fraction of SQL installations are in use by major version, e.g. 7.0,...
Does anyone have any idea of the current fractions of installations by major version, e.g. 7.0 and earlier, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2008R2, and 2012? It would be useful to know how far back we should...
View ArticleWindows OS differences for SQL 2012?
Hi all, We are looking to update the DB for one of our products to SQL 2012 (Currently SQL 2008 on Windows 2008R2). I have been looking for information on whether there is any advantage to installing...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 mystery backups
Hello,Each night a single db is backed up to C:, eventually filling up the C drive and bringing things to a halt. I can't find the source of the job that is creating this backup. It looks to be a mix...
View ArticleJob taking more time on two different servers with same specs
Hi I have restored my production database on another machine with same specification. when i ran a job on both machine . the duration of execution of job is significantly different.what could be the...
View Articlewhat is the difference between ADMINISTER BULK OPERATIONS vs bulkadmin
what is the difference between ADMINISTER BULK OPERATIONS vs bulkadmin? Are they same?When I query the following table to see the server role assigned to a login, I see above 2 different names. Do...
View ArticleWhat is the best practice for database file growth configuration?
Hi:With SQL 2005 and above, instant disk initialization, and SAN that has SSD (solid State disk), fast disk and slow disk, what is the best practice for database file, log file auto growth...
View ArticleBrowser Service Hangup
Hi,I have one instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) running on windows 2008. Database engine, agent service and browser service shows running in services.msc. I cannot login...
View ArticleExtreme disk usage on SQL partition
Is it normal or safe for the X: SQLDATA Partition to sustain an Active time of 98 to 100 % and a disk queue length of from 4 to 500 when no one is logged into GP?Cluster info: HQ-erp has 2 applications...
View Article(provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to...
I had 7 table adapter and configure with different SPs. Now i added a new table adapter and configure with new sps, all old dataset is filling up with old sp and adapter. And while filling up new table...
View ArticleWindows 7 & SQL Server 2012: Import and Export Data (64 bit) -...
Hi all,I just have Windows 7 and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (and Microsoft SQL 2012 Express as well) installed in our Microsoft NT 4 LAN System. I tried to get Microsoft Server 2012 started in my...
View Articlestolen pages and total pages
We have a SQL Server instance, max memory set to 10gb on a 12gb (VM) server, and these are the numbers I get from the buffer manager, with the plan cache thrown in for good luck. Does that seem about...
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 ArticleRe:Dead Lock Issue...
HI friends,i am facing one main issue.DEADLOCKS I HAVE ONE DATABASE 'A' THIS 'A' DATABASE GETTING MORE DEADLOCKS ,THIS 'A' DATABASE SIZE IS 200 GBI AM REBUILD THE EACH TABLE AND RUN THEUPDATESTATS...
View ArticleScripting the Maintenance Plan Cleanup Task
Hello all,Hope all is well. I am currently using SQL Server Maintenance Plan to backup 17 databases on the instance. The plan includes the Maintenance cleanup task transformation to delete backups...
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High Hard Faults /Sec and free mem
My Sql Server 2012 is running on server 2008. 72 Gb RamThe db memory settings are 30 GB Min and 64 GB Max (max for standard version)The SSAS is set to min 7 GB and max to 60 GB.When i have lots of...
View Articlelogin sql server by one windows account
Hi, We have an asp.net intranet website. The users have several roles based on Active Directory. This asp.net website is connected to MS SQL Server. We would like to find thus solution: there is only...
View ArticleAny automated script or tool for DMV analysis and generate optimization scripts?
Hi,Is there any automated script (or tool) that analyzes all DMVs, create a list of recommandations and produce/recommend optimization scripts?Thank you,
View ArticleOS Error 665(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 15105) while...
Hi everyone,I am performing a backup of sharepoint 2010 content database on my sql 2008 std edition which has file stream enabled and I experience the following problem.When the backup reaches 40%...
View ArticleEstimate log space required for ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN
I need to change the width of a SQL Server 2008 R2 varchar column from 1000 to 60. Data is already < 60. The table is wide and has over 2 Billion rows with insufficient space on its data drives for...
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