SQL Server – Does the SQL Agent Service Account Must be a SysAdmin?
As of today (5/14/2013) this MSDN article says “SQL Server Agent service startup account must be a member of the SQL Server...
2013-05-14
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SqlServerZest.com - SQL in simple style
SQL Server – How to Best Remove Extra TempDB Data Files and Log Files
One of the Microsoft’s recommendation for optimizing the tempDB performance is to make each tempdb data file the same size. Today,...
2013-05-06
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SQL Server – How to Search/Query the SQL Server Error Log
Often times I keep checking the error log to make sure if everything is running fine. Here is an undocumented stored...
2013-03-25
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SQL Server – Database Engine Error Severities in Brief
When an error is raised by the SQL Server Database Engine, we usually see the Severity Level as in the...
2012-11-02
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SQL Server – Transaction Log File is Full; How to Shrink the Transaction Log
Here is a typical scenario every SQL Server DBA faces: Transaction Log grows unexpectedly or becomes full!! So, do I need to increase...
2012-10-12
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SQL Server – Msg 2555, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 – Error DBCC SHRINKFILE with EMPTYFILE option
When tried to empty one of the tempdb data file using the below T-SQL command: (My goal here is to...
2012-10-07
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SQL Server – Understanding ‘Agent XPs’ Server Configuration Option
Today we got an escalation where on one of the servers ‘Agent XPs’ was in a disabled state. And when...
2012-09-19
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
normal role member to be able to view list of other role members in his DB
Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...
Stairway to Snowflake Level 5 - Using Snowflake with SnowSQL and Visual Studio Code
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Snowflake Level 5...
Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers