Cumulative Update – 9 for SQL Server 2012 RTM Is Now Available !
The 9th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 RTM is now available. Cumulative Update 9 contains all the hotfixes...
2013-08-26
736 reads
MSSQLFUN
Data Purity issue after upgrading SQL 2000 to later versions
In SQL Server versions prior to 2005, it was possible to have invalid data values into a database. That can...
2013-08-20
913 reads
DMV-13 : Finding locking & blocking……..sys.dm_tran_locks
sys.dm_tran_locks DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190345.aspx
Returns information about currently active lock manager resources. Each row...
2013-08-12
1,230 reads
DMV-12 : Retaion in Session & Transaction……..sys.dm_tran_session_transactions
sys.dm_tran_session_transactions DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188739.aspx
Returns correlation information for associated transactions and sessions.
This DMV helps...
2013-08-06
1,157 reads
Cumulative Update – 11 for SQL Server 2008 SP3 Is Now Available !
The 11th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available. Cumulative Update 11 contains all...
2013-05-22
635 reads
DMV-11 : T-Log space used by transaction……..sys.dm_tran_database_transactions
sys.dm_tran_database_transactions DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186957.aspx
Returns information about transactions at the database level.
Some time , T-log...
2013-05-16
1,999 reads
DMV-10 : Does my database contain edition specific features?……..sys.dm_db_persisted_sku_features
sys.dm_db_persisted_sku_features (Introduced in SQL Server 2008) DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/library/cc280724.aspx
Some features of the SQL...
2013-05-13
2,084 reads
DMV-9 : Digging out details of CLR Tasks……..sys.dm_clr_tasks
sys.dm_clr_tasks DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/library/ms177528.aspx
Returns a row for all common language runtime (CLR) tasks...
2013-04-29
1,780 reads
DMV-8 : Check Space consumed by Database……..sys.dm_db_file_space_usage
sys.dm_db_file_space_usage DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174412.aspx
Returns space usage information for each file in the database.
It’s...
2013-04-24
3,003 reads
Cumulative Update – 7 for SQL Server 2012 RTM Is Now Available !
The 7th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 RTM is now available. Cumulative Update 7 contains all the hotfixes...
2013-04-22
854 reads
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Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
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