Question: Why is my mirror database in a restoring state? Hi, I am still working on DB mirroring with prinicpal and mirror. There will be no Witness. This is what I did and
2009-03-12
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Database Snapshots Can Take a Long Time to Create
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2009-03-11
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Question: Why is my mirror database in a restoring state?
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2009-03-06
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Question: How do we handle transaction log maintenance for a mirrored database?
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2009-03-04
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How do I ... Determine Database Growth If I Am Not Tracking It? If your database has grown considerably and you're not sure when or why it happened, you'll be hard pressed to figure out the answer unless you're tracking changes in database size.
2009-02-27
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Question: If the principal fails while running in high performance mode, what options do I have for bringing the mirror online? This question was sent to me via email. My reply follows. Quick question on DB mirroring client redirection after Principal fails
2009-02-24
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Question: What would be the best practice to configure Failover Clustering and Database Mirroring?
This question is frequently asked in one...
2009-02-23
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Question: Can a 2008 SQL instance be used as the witness for a 2005 database mirroring setup? This question was sent to me via email. My reply follows. Can a 2008 SQL instance be used as the witness for a 2005 database mirroring setup? Databases to be mirrored are currently running on 2005 SQL instances but will be upgraded to 2008 SQL in the near future.
2009-02-23
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Question: Will the Mirror automatically fail back to the original Principal when it comes back online?
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2009-02-22
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How do I ... Determine Database Growth If I Am Not Tracking It?
If your database has grown considerably and you're not...
2009-02-20
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I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers